Oil tanker spill off Shetlands

Title

Oil tanker spill off Shetlands

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

6 Jan 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:01:51

Description

Phil Edwards reports on the cleanup operation and pollution effects beginning to be seen from an oil-slick from the MV Braer tanker carrying 85,000 tonnes of crude oil that was stricken off the Shetland Islands in high winds. Winds have carried the oil onto grazing lands and crops as well as affecting marine wildlife. Includes interviews with Pollution Control Unit Chief Scientific officer Dave Bedburgh(?) and local councillor Willy Tate.

Contributors

Phil Edwards; Dave Bedburgh(?); Willy Tate

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Pollution; Winds; Agriculture; Scotland; Seaborne disasters; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Salvage; Wildlife; Shetland Islands; MV Braer

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