United Kingdom: Most of Timber Lost from Ship Still Floating in Channel

We have a post from earlier last week about the 1,500 tons of sawed timber that fell off the Russian freighter, the Sinegorsk, while it was transiting the English Channel. The wood created a dangerous 8-mile long slick that ships are trying to avoid. Now the timber has begun to wash up on shore and the police along the Kent shore have admitted they are powerless to stop the public from scavenging the wood. However, more than 1,000 tons of the wood is still floating through the Channel.
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