MOD on ability to cope with large oil spills

Title

MOD on ability to cope with large oil spills

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:19

Description

Unidentified male speaker from the Ministry of Defence pays tribute to salvage workers on the Christos Bitas oil tanker. He says that no country can be prepared for a disaster on the scale of the Amoco Cadiz. He says there is an investigation into the seamanship on board the vessel and that there was recently a conference discussing the standards of seamanship. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Government; BP; Sailors; Oil; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Salvage; Ministry of Defence; Training; Ship masters; Amoco Cadiz; Christos Bitas

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