It's feared another two ships could run aground off the New South Wales city of Newcastle, in addition to the 30,000 tonne Pasha Bulker.International Herald Tribune Headline, says:
"Stormy seas pushed a coal freighter with at least 21 Filipino crew onto a sand bank off Australia's east coast Friday, triggering a major rescue operation and warnings of a potential disaster if the ship's fuel leaks. Officials feared that other freighters waiting off the port of Newcastle could also run aground as an 8-meter (26-foot) storm swell and winds of up to 80 kph (50 mph) battered Australia's eastern shores. The 250-meter-long (820-foot-long) Pasha Bulker had been preparing to collect coal from Newcastle later this month. The storm surge ripped the ship from its moorings and pushed it into a sand bank early Friday, New South Wales state police said in a statement."
