Oil spill off Shetlands

Title

Oil spill off Shetlands

Genre

Interview

TX Date

7 Jan 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:21

Description

Interview with Transport Secretary John MacGregor on the MV Braer oil tanker spill off the Shetland Islands. Talks of the cleanup procedure; the possibility the disaster could have been avoided and problems of disasters in international waters; inquiry; and compensation. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

John MacGregor

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Scotland; Compensation; Marine safety; Seaborne disasters; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Law of the sea; Shetland Islands; International law; MV Braer

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