Sea Empress disaster

Title

Sea Empress disaster

Genre

News report

TX Date

18 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:00:20

Description

The oil tanker Sea Empress is aground off Milford Haven in Wales and salvage efforts to prevent an environmental disaster are being hampered by poor weather. People have also been evacuated from the local area amid fears of an explosion. Sky’s Ian Leckie is at the scene and reports that the vessel is currently still but if poor weather picks up again she may move again.

Contributors

Ian Leckie

Keywords

Pollution; Wales; Oil; Seaborne disasters; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Salvage; Milford Haven; Sea Empress (ship)

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