Sea Empress oil spill

Title

Sea Empress oil spill

Genre

Interview

TX Date

22 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:02:27

Description

The stricken tanker Sea Empress has now docked at Milford Haven and a second ship is due to come alongside this afternoon before the remaining crude oil is pumped out tomorrow. Reporter Alex Thompson has been following the salvage operation, and speaks here to an unidentified speaker (poss. a member of the clean-up operation?) about the ecological damage.

Contributors

Alex Thomson

Keywords

Pollution; Wales; Ships; Birds; Oil pollution; Wildlife conservation; Marine pollution; Milford Haven; Sea Empress (ship); Marine animals

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