Beaches Australia declared disaster area due to oil spills.

Australian authorities have declared disaster zone of the coastal zone in the east continent, after a vessel Pacific advenchurer "more than 30 tons of spilled oil. That was reported by AP.
Tolerated vessel in distress on the night of Wednesday, March 11. Because of the storm washed away from his side of the container 31 with nitrate, one of them damaged sheeting and ship fuel tank, which began oil spill. According to various sources, contaminated from 35 to 60 kilometers of beaches in Australia. In doing so, environmentalists believe that the water spilled more than 30 tons of oil.
The risk to the environment presents itself, and 620 tons of saltpeter. If some of them will get out of the containers into the water, there is a risk of loss of marine life from the Australian coast.
The fine, which takes the company shipowner Swire, could amount to more than a million dollars, but if it is held liable for environmental catastrophe, it can recover from up to 160 million dollars.
Environmentalists point out that the representatives of Australia's wildlife has suffered very little damage.