In what has turned out to be New Zealand's largest environmental disaster ever, a grounded cargo ship split into two Saturday afternoon, raising fears of a fresh oil spill.
TAURANGA, New Zealand — Salvage workers struggled to begin pumping oil from a stricken container ship off the New Zealand coast as approaching foul weather threatened to disrupt the recovery.
Salvage crews reboarded a stricken ship at the centre of New Zealand's worst sea pollution disaster on Thursday as authorities ordered people off oil-blackened beaches.
