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Sam McKeith

INSANE: Poor maintenance behind nsw cargo spill - The Real Truth

Some 50 containers toppled off the APL England when the vessel hit rough seas off the Sydney coast. (Darren Pateman/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A cargo ship's loss of 50 containers overboard in an incident that prompted a massive east coast clean-up operation occurred due to years of poor maintenance, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says.

The cargo toppled off the APL England when the vessel hit rough seas travelling to Melbourne from China in May 2020, about 75km off the Sydney coast.

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