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一九七八年三月,美国石油公司的一艘超级油轮“阿摩柯·卡的斯”号在法国西北部海岸触礁沉没,把二十二万吨原油倾注海中,使沿岸广阔地区遭到了空前严重的污染。事后,一百五十位原告——其中包括法国政府、法国的几个城市和渔业工会等,向芝加哥法院提起诉讼,要求赔偿二十亿美元的损失。这次严重事故之所以未能避免,主要原因是油轮的船长和援救船“太平洋”号的船长为了谈判援救费用问题争执不下,耽误了营救的时间。现在,由于美国石油公司又对西德“太平洋”号船主提起了诉讼,此案的审理势将拖延时日。受害地区的居民和渔民提出的赔偿问题不知何日才能解决。美国《读者文摘》今年四月号对这一沉船事故作了描述。现节译于后。
In March 1978, Amoco Cousins, a US-based oil tanker supercar, sank on the shores of the northwestern coast of France, pouring 220,000 tons of crude oil into the sea and leaving vast areas along the coast An unprecedentedly serious pollution. Afterwards, one hundred and fifty plaintiffs, including the French government, several cities in France and fishing unions, filed a lawsuit in the Chicago Court for compensation for a loss of two billion U.S. dollars. The reason why this serious accident was unavoidable was that the captain of the tanker and the captain of the “Pacific” rescue ship had been disputed to negotiate the cost of rescuing and delayed the rescue. Now, as the United States oil company and the West Germany “Pacific” owners filed a lawsuit, the trial of the case is bound to be delayed. The compensation issues raised by the residents and fishermen in the affected areas do not know what day to solve. The U.S. “Reader’s Digest” described this shipwreck in April this year. Now section translated in the post.