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Workers clean up fuel oil stained along the Berria beach in the province of Santander in northern Spain February 5, 2003. 'Crown Resources', the metals and energy trader, is suing the owners of the Bahamanian-flagged Prestige tanker which sank off the coast of Spain in November. The Swiss-based company had chartered the Prestige to carry 77,000 tonnes of fuel oil which is now spilling on to French and Spanish beaches. REUTERS/Victor Fraile.
Soldiers clean up fuel oil on the Noja beach in the province of Santander in northern Spain February 4, 2003. "Crown Resources", the metals and energy trader, is suing the owners of the Bahamanian-flagged Prestige tanker which sank off the coast of Spain in November. The Swiss-based company had chartered the Prestige to carry 77,000 tonnes of fuel oil which is now spilling on to French and Spanish beaches. REUTERS/Victor Fraile.
Voluntary workers clear fuel stained rocks on Spain's devastated North-West Atlantic coast near Muxia on February 4, 2003. "Crown Resources", the metals and energy trader, is suing the owners of the Bahamanian-flagged Prestige tanker which sank off the coast of Spain in November. The Swiss-based company had chartered the Prestige to carry 77,000 tonnes of fuel oil which is now spilling on to French and Spanish beaches. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
Spanish soldiers walk in a line to clean oil stained rocks at Cape Vilan on Spain's northwestern coast January 13, 2003. Hundreds of kilometres of Spain's northwestern coastline have been contaminated after the Bahamas registered Prestige oil tanker broke in two and sank into the Atlantic Ocean off Spain November 19, 2002, leaking tens of tons of fuel oil. The spill has forced a ban on fishing and shellfish harvesting all along the northwestern coast, leaving thousands of fishermen dependent on government handouts.REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
Waves crash against oil stained rocks as two Spanish soldiers work for cleaning the area at Cape Vilan in the Spain's northwestern coast January 13, 2003. Hundreds of kilometres of Spain's northwestern coastline have been contaminated after the Bahamas registered Prestige oil tanker broke in two and sank into the Atlantic Ocean off Spain November 19, 2002, leaking tens of tons of fuel oil. The spill has forced a ban on fishing and shellfish harvesting all along the northwestern coast, leaving thousands of fishermen dependent on government handouts. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
Spanish soldiers clean fuel oil on Spain's devastated northwest Atlantic coast near Dumbria January 6, 2003. The aging Prestige oil tanker sank on November 19, 2002, off northwestern Spain, disgorging thousands of tonnes of highly toxic fuel oil. The spill blackened vast swaths of Spanish coast and globules followed by larger clumps began washing ashore on French beaches facing the Atlantic last week.REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
An oil covered Cormorant flaps its wings on a rock on Spain's devastated North-West Atlantic coast near Dumbria on January 6, 2003. The aging Prestige oil tanker sank November 19, 2002, off northwestern Spain, spilling thousands of tons of fuel oil. As well as polluting a large area of the Spanish coast some of the oil has also reached the French Atlantic coast.REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
Spanish soldier climbs up between rocks to removes oil from stained rocks near Llanes during work to clean fuel oil from Spain's devastated North-West coast January 18, 2003. Spain has put the estimated minimum cost of the Prestige oil tanker spill at $1.05 billion. REUTERS/Alonso Gonzalez.
Workers shovel fuel oil on Cap Ferret beach, southwestern France, January 4, 2003. Thousands of birds, fish and other wildlife have been affected after the Prestige tanker laden with 70,000 tonnes of fuel oil split in two and sank, triggering what ecologists said could become one of the world's worst oil spills. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau.
Volunteers removes oil from stained rocks on Margarita beach near Muxia during work to clean fuel oil from Spain's devastated North-West coast on January 19, 2003. Spain has put the estimated minimum cost of the Prestige oil tanker spill at $1.05 billion. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
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