Australian Oil Spill Update:

Chinese captain says spill not that bad as booms are now in place around the ship.

Maritime Safety Queensland said Chinese coal ship was transiting on a legal route and that the crew had filed a shipping plan maritime authorties, which stated its route between Douglas Shoal and the Capricorn group of islands to the south.

Currently, the onsite salvage company, Svitzer, is considering what to do with the 65,000 tons of coal, and the company is going through the ship searching for damage and leaks.

Meanwhile, the Chinese captain, Wang Jichang, has told authorities that the spill is not very serious. Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh has voiced her disappointment about the comments saying the ship has spilled at least three tons of fuel oil, creating a slick of about two miles.

In an official update by Maritime Safety Queensland with two hours of daylight left states 200 meter booms are now surround the ship and they are ensuring they are strategically placed before the saviors begin pumping off the fuel oil. The Larcom bunker barge is onsite and waiting to take on the oil.

Meanwhile, aircraft are standing by in case more oil leaks and the agency has been working closely with port authorities, regional councils and the State Emergency Services in case oil begins to go ashore.