Oil spill clean-up gets under way off Phuket
A clean-up operation has begun after a ship loaded with 40,000 litres of diesel capsized near Phuket.
Nawin Thananet, the 3rd Fleet's chief of staff, said a helicopter was sent yesterday to survey the oil spill site 12 nautical miles off Phuket.
The survey found an oil slick 0.8 kilometres wide and 4.8km long.
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