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The Prestige was a Greek-operated, single-hulled tanker flying a Bahamas flag, had a Li erian owner, and had een chartered y a 10 !wiss- ased "ussian oil company# $n %o&em er '(, )**), one of the ship+s tanks urst during a storm off the !panish 5 coast# The captain called for help from !panish rescue workers, with the expectation that the 15ship would e rought into har our# ,owe&er, pressure from local authorities forced the captain to steer the em attled ship away from the coast and head northwest# -fter pressure from the .rench go&ernment, the 10 * &essel was once again forced to change its course and head southwards into Portuguese waters in order to a&oid endangering .rance+s southern 20coast# .earing for its own shore, the Portuguese authorities promptly ordered its na&y to intercept the &essel and pre&ent it from approaching further# With the .rench, !panish and Portuguese go&ernments refusing to allow the ship to dock in their ports, the integrity of the oil tanker was 15 25deteriorating fast and soon the storm took its toll when it was reported that a section of the hull had roken off, allowing huge amounts of oil to flood out# -t / a#m# on %o&em er '0,in what ecame !pain+s worst en&ironmental disaster, the ship split into two parts and sank '1* miles off 30the Galician coast# The Greek captain of the Prestige was taken into custody, accused of not cooperating with sal&age crews and of harming 20 the en&ironment# The ship was carrying fuel oil, which is hea&ier than unrefined crude oil and more difficult to clean up# 1,*** tons of fuel oil were spilled in the 35incident# -fter the sinking, the ship continued leaking a out ')1 tons of oil a day, which polluted the sea ed and contaminated the coastline, especially along the territory of Galicia# Thousands of kilometres of coastline and more than a thousand eaches on the !panish and .rench coast were 25 40hea&ily polluted# The affected area is not only a &ery important ecological region, supporting coral reefs and many species of sharks and irds, ut it also supports the crucial fishing industry# The hea&y coastal pollution forced the region+s go&ernment to suspend fishing for six months, lea&ing the fishing industry completely de&astated# 45 Experts predict that marine life will suffer pollution from the Prestige for at least '* years due to the type of oil spilt, which contains light 30
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A- Say whether these stateme ts are !r"e #!$ or %a&se #%$' S"((ort a&& yo"r a swers with e)ide ce *rom the te+t' '# The sinking of the Prestige was so sudden that there was no time to
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send an !$!# )# $il started to leak from the &essel a out a week efore it sank# (# The kind of oil the ship was carrying was one of the worst# ;# The oil leakage stopped after the ship sank# 1# Local fishermen were a le to start fishing soon after the clean-ups#
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'# =o you think it was easy to determine the responsi ility for the Prestige spill5 Why 9not:5 )# Why wasn+t the ship allowed to dock in any port5 (# The Prestige oil spill had oth en&ironmental and financial costs# Explain# ;# What measures ha&e go&ernments of se&eral countries taken in order to pre&ent accidents like this5
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BWhen the last tree is cut down, the last fish killed, and the last ri&er poisoned, then you will see that you can+t eat money# Greenpeace
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