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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