Clean-up continues and conservationist is impressed with the response.Beaches along the West Coast were soiled with oil ...

About 40km of West Coast beaches have been polluted by an oil slick which also threatens sea bird colonies and the Oilfant's ...

The source of the oil is unconfirmed, but the wreck of the Panama-registered cargo vessel MV Ultra Galaxy, which grounded at Duiwegat just south of Brand se Baai in July last year, is a likely source.

Beaches along the West Coast were soiled with oil spilling from the wreck of the MV Ultra Galaxy which ran aground ... 500 tons of fuel and oil and a full cargo of fertiliser into the sea.

Clean-up operations continue on West Coast beaches after an oil spill from the wreck of MV Ultra Galaxy. A local conservationist says ... spilling more than 500 tons of fuel and oil and a full cargo ...