The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) laid charges against the Master of the APL England, that lost 50 containers overboard. Allan Schwartz from the AMSA, stated: This and other incidents remind us of the important role the ship's Master has in ensuring the ships that ply our waters are operated safely and do not damage our marine environment. APL has paid for contractors to assist NSW Maritime in retrieving the lost containers, which continue to be found across the NSW coastline. We welcome APL taking responsibility by engaging contractors to undertake shoreline clean-up and retrieve some of the floating containers this week, but the impacts of this incident could take months, if not years to remediate and we expect these efforts to be sustained for however long it takes.
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