Coal Ship Crashes Through Dock

Posted December 9, 2012 at 9:47 am by

Friday Dec. 7 at 1:00 AM the ocean freighter “Cape Apricot” from Panama ran through and destroyed a coal conveyor system at Westshore Terminals in Vancouver, BC. It destroyed part of the largest of the port’s two berth and spilled an undetermined amount of coal into Georgia Strait.

Listen Sunday December 9th  at 5 pm, to Canadian talk news station AM 980 at http://www.cknw.com/news/index.aspx to hear discussion about this on The World Today Weekend with Sean Leslie. You are invited to call in and share your concerns:  Comment Line: (604) 331-2784,  Toll Free: 1 (877) 399-9898

Read more at The Vancouver Sun

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