In what is feared to be China's largest marine oil spill, more than two-thousand firefighters, battled oil-induced flames on the water. At a the port of Dalian, in northeastern China, a few pipelines busted and caught fire.
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It's not been a good few months for the global oil industry, or, it seems, for the marine environment of the world’s two largest oil consumers.
While the Gulf of Mexico continues to suffer from the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, China's Northeastern coast is also beginning to see oil wash up on its beaches.
And, as BON's Andrew Livingstone reports, it's hitting some of the region's top tourist spots.
As BP and the US government struggle to contain oil still gushing from the Deep-water Horizon, other countries are reviewing their oil spill protection and response capabilities.
Andrew Livingstone reports on China launching its first oil spill response vessel.