Port Bonython oil spill
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The Port Bonython oil spill occurred on 30 August 1992, when the fuel tank of the tanker Era was pierced by the bow of the tugboat Turmoil during berthing operations in upper Spencer Gulf, South Austr
Port Bonython, Upper Spencer Gulf
Port Bonython
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Port Bonython is the location of a deepwater port, gas fractionation plant and diesel storage facility west of Point Lowly in the Upper Spencer Gulf region of South Australia. It lies 16 km east-north
Port Bonython oil spill
…oiled birds and damage to 15 km of mangrove and seagrass habitat south-west of Port Pirie. The spill occurred at 10.52am, as the Era was berthing at the Port Bonython wharf in rough seas. The vessel had arrived to load oil for the Kwinana Oil Refinery. The Era was chartered by BP and the tugboat involved, Turmoil…
Fuel tankers can fill with diesel 24/7 at Port Bonython Fuels.
Giant Australian Cuttlefish breed near Port Bonython, within the Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park