British police set up roadblocks Tuesday to try to hinder scavengers who descended on a southwest En

Описание: (23 Jan 2007) HEADLINE: Recovery begins of stranded ship
CAPTION: Salvage crews followed scavengers at the site of a damaged cargo ship off the English coast. (Jan. 23)
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It could take a year or more to remove this ship from the English coast.
On Tuesday, contractors prepared to siphon fuel from the M-S-C Napoli. It was damaged last week during a storm. The crew of 26 was rescued. But tumbling overboard ... at least 200 containers.
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They washed ashore, spilling an array of goods ... tennis shoes, barrels of wine. Drawing hundreds of scavengers to the beaches. Police later sealing off the area.
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The Napoli is leaking oil. Removing it from the ship's tanks could take a week. A crane will pluck containers off the deck. Only then can the ship be moved.
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Besides spilling a bounty of freight ... some containers carried toxic materials like battery acid and perfume. Authorities called the beach a complete mess ... looking like a landfill site ... Saying cleanup would have been easier if scavengers had just left cargo inside the containers.
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