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Category: Preparation - calls, crew, scrambles, oil dispersal |
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Sea Empress Clean Up (no audio)
Shortly after eight o'clock on the evening of 15 February 1996, the oil tanker Sea Empress ran aground in the entrance to Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, one of Britain's largest and busiest natural harbours. In the days that followed, while the vessel was brought under control, some 72,000 tonnes of Forties light crude oil and 480 tonnes of heavy fuel oil spilled into the sea, polluting around 200km of coastline recognised internationally for its wildlife and beauty. This footage shows some of the clean up operations and equipment in use following the Sea Empress environmental disaster. |
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Sea Empress Clean Up 2
The Sea Empress Incident: The Counter Pollution Operation, Milford Haven, 15 February 1996 (Short version online) |
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Sonia 1
Thursday 1 September 1999 16.15. Solent Coastguard was alerted by the 'Sonia', a 4,650 tonne, 120 metre vessel, registered in St Vincent and Grenadine, on its way from Southampton to Greece with a cargo of grain. It was taking water just under two miles south east of Culver cliffs on the Isle of Wight. Two tugs stood by her overnight pumping water from her flooded engine room. A hole in an engine room sea water pipe close to the sea valve below the water line had caused the leak. A salvage control unit was set up at Solent Coastguard Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre. An MCA Surveyor was landed by Coastguard helicopter on board the vessel during the night to monitor the condition of the vessel, and four divers were taken on board to assess the damage below the water line. An independent salvage advisor to the MCA was also placed on board to review the situation. The 15 crew on board were in no immediate danger. Bembridge Lifeboat remained on scene and monitored the half a mile surface exclusion zone placed around the vessel. She was eventually towed into Southampton for repairs. |
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Sonia 2
Thursday 1 September 1999 16.15. Solent Coastguard was alerted by the 'Sonia', a 4,650 tonne, 120 metre vessel, registered in St Vincent and Grenadine, on its way from Southampton to Greece with a cargo of grain. It was taking water just under two miles south east of Culver cliffs on the Isle of Wight. Two tugs stood by her overnight pumping water from her flooded engine room. A hole in an engine room sea water pipe close to the sea valve below the water line had caused the leak. A salvage control unit was set up at Solent Coastguard Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre. An MCA Surveyor was landed by Coastguard helicopter on board the vessel during the night to monitor the condition of the vessel, and four divers were taken on board to assess the damage below the water line. An independent salvage advisor to the MCA was also placed on board to review the situation. The 15 crew on board were in no immediate danger. Bembridge Lifeboat remained on scene and monitored the half a mile surface exclusion zone placed around the vessel. She was eventually towed into Southampton for repairs. |
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Stena Invicta Evacuation Exercise
Evacuation Exercise on Stena Invicta. |
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