In March of last year, the cargo ship Pacific Adventurer , with Filipino national Bernardino Gonzales Santos at the helm, encountered bad weather, which resulted in its fuel tank being damaged by loose cargo, leading to the spillage 270,000 litres of oil into the Pacific Ocean . The oil later washed up on Sunshine Coast beaches as well as Moreton and Bribie islands and was dubbed "one of Australia's worse environmental disasters" by the media. Santos and four companies behind Pacific Adventurer face individual counts of discharging oil into the ocean and can be fined a maximum of AU$1.75 million in the case of the companies, while Santos faces a $ 350,000 fine if found guilty.
In March of last year, the cargo ship , with Filipino national Bernardino Gonzales Santos at the helm, encountered bad weather, which resulted in its fuel tank being damaged by loose cargo, leading to the spillage 270,000 litres of oil into the . The oil later washed up on beaches as well as Moreton and Bribie islands and was dubbed "one of Australia's worse environmental disasters" by the media. Santos and four companies behind Pacific Adventurer face individual counts of discharging oil into the ocean and can be fined a maximum of 1.75 million in the case of the companies, while Santos faces a 350,000 fine if found guilty.
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