The oil spill occurred at about 5 p.m. on January 14 when the Greek freighter MV Amorgos carrying ore from India to the port of Nantong in mainland China ran aground about a kilometer off the cape at Oluanpi. A thousand tons of fuel oil began pouring through the ship's torn hull. The disaster has hit the uplifted coral at Lungkeng the hardest.
龍坑油污染事件發生在一月十四日，希臘籍貨輪「阿瑪斯號」由印度載運礦砂準備前往大陸南通港卸貨，不料下午在鵝鑾鼻東方約一公里海域處擱淺，隨後船上一千多公噸的重油與柴油大量外洩。