South Africa steps up fight to contain oil spill from grounded ship

More equipment is being mobilised to contain an oil spill from the ship Ultra Galaxy, which ran aground on South Africa's west coast and started to break up in stormy weather, authorities said on Monday. Rough sea swells have battered the Panama-flagged general cargo vessel since it drifted onto a sand bank three weeks ago close to Doring Bay, some 300 km (186 miles) north of Cape Town, after the ship's crew abandoned the vessel when it started taking on water.