Cargo ship that ran aground on North Wales coast 'spills 10,000 litres of fuel into sea'

April 4, 2012

Rescue workers are urgently trying to pump fuel from a stricken ship that crashed into the shore of North Wales last night.

Fuel has started to leak from the cargo ship 'Carrier', which was carrying 40,000 litres of 'gas oil' when it hit rocks, with seven crew-members aboard, in the Colwyn Bay area at around 8.15pm.

This afternoon, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency confirmed a 'quantity' of gas oil has begun leaking from the boat - with one source suggesting up to 10,000 litres of fuel has left the ship since the incident.

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