Salvage of oil tanker off Shetlands

Title

Salvage of oil tanker off Shetlands

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

Spokesman for salvage group Smit International (not identified) on the break up of oil tanker MV Braer off the coast of Shetland Islands, Scotland and plans to pump any remaining oil out of the wrecked tanker if weather allows. Male interviewer not identified.Telephone interview.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Weather; Winds; Scotland; Oil extraction; Seaborne disasters; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Salvage; Wildlife; Shetland Islands; MV Braer; Smit international; Oil tanks

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