Salvage team for Shetlands oil spill named

Title

Salvage team for Shetlands oil spill named

Genre

Press conference; Speech

TX Date

6 Jan 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:00:25

Description

Andreas Scott Hansen, spokesman for the MV Braer tanker operators Canadian Ultramar Ltd tells reporters how they have enlisted Smit International to salvage and remove the wreak and its oil to limit the environmental damage. The oil tanker is stricken off the Shetland Islands in strong winds.

Contributors

Andreas Scott Hansen

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Pollution; Scotland; Seaborne disasters; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Salvage; Shetland Islands; MV Braer; Smit international; Canadian Ultramar Ltd

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