Oman intensifies efforts to contain oil spill from stranded ship

Oman intensifies efforts to contain oil spill from stranded ship Oman increased its efforts to mitigate the potential environmental impacts from a ship's oil spill, which covers an area of over 2,000 square kilometres, according to a statement released by the country’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology on Monday. The vessel Caroline Bezengi has been spilling oil since it got stranded near al-Qibliyyah Island off Oman’s Dhofar governorate after a suspected explosion on 8 June. The statement said...