事故发生在当地时间上午11时30分左右的马尼拉湾入海口，当时渡轮刚刚离开马尼拉港口。
The accident occurred at about 11:30 am local time at the mouth of the Manila Bay shortly after the ferry left Manila's port.
而且，他们影响到的不仅仅是河口和入海口——就连诸如卡特·加特海峡的波罗的海、中国的黑海与东海及墨西哥湾这类的内海也受到了侵害。
And increasingly they affect not only estuaries and inlets, but also continental seas such as the Baltic, the Kattegat, the Black and East China seas and the Gulf of Mexico.
由于波斯湾实际上是个封闭的盆地，只在霍尔木兹海峡有个宽仅55公里的入海口，因此遇到溢油特别容易损害。
Because it is virtually an enclosed basin, with an outlet to the sea only 55 km wide at the Strait of Hormuz, the gulf is especially vulnerable to oil spills.
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