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The court said the ship's captain and its insurer, the London P&I Club, to pay one billion dollars which is the maximum limit fixed by the company in its contract for the ship, which broke up and sank in 2002, resulting in one of Europe's worst environmental disasters.

An oil spill was reported at the port of Gibraltar during a bunker transferring between two vessels, the C Rock and the St George, on 8 November. Operations were immediately ceased by both vessels and the Gibraltar Port Authority immediately launched its oil spill response emergency plan.

Beach cleanup operations have removed approximately 48 cubic yards of oily solids from the impacted shoreline on Mustang Island and North Padre Island. Six cleanup teams, totaling over 120 people, are actively engaged in beach cleanup, USCG said.

New data provided indicate that the total volume of oil discharged from the damaged pipeline off Louisiana, may be as much as 672,000 gallons, rather than the 392,700 gallons initially reported, the US Coast Guard informed.

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement responded to a report from LLOG Exploration Offshore of an oil release from subsea infrastructure in 4,463 feet water depth in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 40 miles southeast of Venice, La, Friday.

The Australian Department of Environment and Heritage Protection are investigating a reported sodium hydroxide spill into the Gladstone Harbour overnight. The incident has the potential to impact the local marine ecology and damage vessels that come into contact with the chemical.

The captain and chief mechanic of a ship, involved at the oil-spill clean up operations offshore Athens, were arrested on fuel smuggling charges, according to Greek authorities. As a result, the recovery efforts were suspended Tuesday.

Greek Deputy Shipping Minister denied accusations that authorities responded slowly to the sinking of the tanker, noting that a floating barrier to contain the leakage of oil had been installed within a few hours. The clean up operations in Athens coasts will take another 20 or 30 days.

Worst fears were confirmed from the pollution caused by the sinking of the tanker Aghia Zoni II, off a Greek island on Saturday, as oil slicks have reached waters of Piraeus, Greece's major port in Athens. The tanker sank while anchored off Salamina island, with a cargo of 2,200 tons of fuel oil and 370 tons of marine gas oil.