Tanker Spills Oil Off South Korea's West Coast

TAEAN, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 9: South Korean's make efforts to remove the crude oil spilled over the beach following a tanker accident, on December 9, 2007 in Taean, South Korea. Hundreds of South Korean Coast Guard and private ships on Saturday struggled to clean up crude oil leaked from a heavy tanker as the spilled oil began reaching the southern shoreline dotted with natural parks and fish farms. The Hong Kong-redistered Hebei Spirit, a 146,000-ton tanker, collided with an 11,800-ton barge on Friday morning, causing the leak of about 10,500 tons of oil into waters off Taean, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)