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MV Braer oil tanker spill off Shetland Islands

Title
MV Braer oil tanker spill off Shetland Islands
Genre
News report
TX Date
5 Jan 1993
Year of production
1993
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Duration
00:00:17
Description
Local reporter Jonathan Wills says he fears bad weather will hamper efforts to contain the oil spill from the Liberian-registered MV Braer oil tanker which is carrying 85,000 tonnes of crude oil and has run aground off the Shetland Islands, Scotland following hurricane force winds. Muffled audio.
Contributors
Jonathan Wills
Keywords
Shipwrecks; Pollution; Weather; Scotland; Seaborne disasters; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Shetland Islands; MV Braer

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