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Keywords
Accidents
Climate (campaign title)
Disasters
KWCI (GPI)
Marine pollution
Oceans (campaign title)
Oil (fossil fuel)
Oil (Industry)
Oil spills
Oil tankers
Oiled beaches
Toxics (campaign title)
Sea Empress Oil Spill
Wrecked oil tanker, Sea Empress, off Milford Haven after spilling 70,000 tonnes of oil.
Unique identifier:
GP03XG3
Type:
Video
Shoot date:
22/02/1996
Locations:
Europe
,
Milford Haven
,
United Kingdom
,
Wales
Credit line:
© Greenpeace
Duration:
1m13s
Audio format:
Natural
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Sea Empress Oil Spill
The Sea Empress was a single-hull oil tanker that ran aground near the southwest coast of Wales in February 1996. The ensuing oil spill affected a considerable area of nearby coastline. Pembrokeshire was suffering for over a year after the incident. Most of the birds in the area died and 200 kilometres of coastline were covered in crude oil. Over the first few days of the disaster an estimated 73,000 tonnes out of the ship's 130,000 tonne cargo of North Sea crude oil spilt onto the surrounding coast, causing a great deal of environmental and aesthetic damage to the coastline and its marine life and wildlife in an area which lies within the protection of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
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