This Cargo Ship Says It's Off the Hook for Causing California Oil Spill

Oil Spill a “Wake -Up Call”
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The cargo vessel Rotterdam Express is no longer under investigation over its possible involvement in the breach of a pipeline that caused one of California’s worst offshore oil spills in decades, ship owner Hapag-Lloyd AG said.

The ship has been released and is “on her way to Mexico,” Nils Haupt, spokesperson for Hapag-Lloyd, said. “We are no longer under investigation.”