Yes because it will spread ralpdly throughout the sea, but in a river you can filter and purify the water.
the ship hitting something underground, like the titanic did but not as extreme eg; freezing cold water, near the artic
Oil spillage
smallpox and measles
Lava
April 20, 2010.
it ussalt takes about 5 years to make it completely clean of oil... and they clean out the water by water pump ship that clean out the water. as for the dead fish they have other boats net them out of the water...
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill took place on the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20th, 2010.
The Sea Empress oil tanker was on the way to the Texaco oil refinery when it became grounded on rocks at St. Ann's head, Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales on 15 February 1996. Over the course of a week, The Sea Empress spilt 73,000 tons of crude oil into the sea. The spill occurred within the Coast's National Park - one of Europe's most important and sensitive wildlife and marine conservation areas. It was Britain's 3rd largest oil spillage and the 12th largest in the world at the time.
Spillage" occurs when
New Zealand is dealing with an oil spillage (October 2011) where a container ship ran onto a reef. The ship's captain has been arrested and is facing charges. Bad weather is hindering any efforts to contain the oil which is leaking faster as the ship is being further damaged.
Report the spillage to your security POC.