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says a spill response is under way after a tanker released a substance 鈥 believed to be a sooty carbon particle 鈥 into the .
In a post on social media, Port Taranaki chief executive Simon Craddock said the substance was released into the harbour from a visiting tanker on Tuesday.
鈥淭he source of the release has been isolated and resolved and a spill response is under way, involving the use of booms to contain and remove the substance.鈥
The spill happened before a cargo transfer from the vessel had begun, he said.
鈥淭he wind has moved the sooty substance towards the main breakwater, and we have initiated a spill response to quickly have it contained.鈥
- RNZ
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