Shetland oil spill

Title

Shetland oil spill

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 Jan 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:04:31

Description

David Addis reports on the oil spill by the oil tanker MV Braer which was stricken in high winds off the Shetland Islands. On the cleanup, using possibly hazardous chemicals; visits by ministers; fears of salmon fishermen over pollution and compensation; cynical use of the disaster in Bennetton adverts. Interviews with/speeches by Environment Secretary, Michael Howard and Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Lang who visited the area; spokesman for local fishermen, Alistair Goodland; Smit International salvage company spokesman Giad(?) Koffman(?); Paul Horsman, Greenpeace; Derek Niemann, RSPB.

Contributors

Michael Howard; Ian Lang; Paul Horsman; David Addis; Alistair Goodland(?); Giad(?) Koffman(?); Derek Niemann

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Dangerous materials; Scotland; Advertising; Compensation; Greenpeace; Seaborne disasters; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Salvage; Fishermen; Human activities effects; Wildlife; Shetland Islands; RSPB; Benetton; MV Braer; Salmon fisheries

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