Someone is going to be paying for this either in jail or via a bank account or perhaps both. The damage to the reef was just over a half mile long. It's not every day that the world sees such extensive damage to a World Heritage site.
The Australian authorities have said a Chinese bulk carrier which ran aground off Queensland has caused widespread damage to the famed Great Barrier Reef.
The cleanup is likely to be the biggest operation ever undertaken there.
The Shen Neng 1 was refloated on Monday night, in a salvage operation brought forward because of the threat of bad weather and heavy seas.
The Australian government has indicated that a prosecution will follow because the ship ran aground in a no-go zone.
