Historical information
Port of Portland Authority archives. The Al Qurain is a livestock carrier registered under the flag of Kuwait.
On the afternoon of Thursday 28 July 1988, while berthing in Portland harbour, Victoria, the Kuwait-registered livestock carrier Al Qurain struck a wharf knuckle heavily and ruptured a ship's side fuel tank. An estimated 184 tonnes of bunker C fuel escaped into the harbour. The port authority boomed off the entrance using oil spill boom. Fortunately the wind also helped to keep the oil in the south-east corner of the harbour.
Physical description
Front view of "Al-Qurain" live sheep transport ship.
Inscriptions & markings
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Back: (no inscriptions)
