Australia offered $21 m compensation

A Hong Kong-based shipping company will pay Australia 25 million
dollars (21 million US) in compensation for a massive toxic oil
spill during a wild storm, officials said Saturday. Swire Shipping's
cargo liner Pacific Adventurer released about 200 ,000 litres (53
,000 US gallons) of heavy fuel oil off the coast of Queensland
state as it travelled through cyclonic weather on March 11.