Some Other Oil Spill Sites

 

Sea Empress spill  (1996)

Marine Accident Investigation Branch, Department of Transport (UK Government) Report Extracts: http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/dot/seaemp/sempfc.htm

Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee (SEEEC) Final Report Summary:  http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/seeec/impact/summary.htm

BBC News Report - 2 years on:    http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/uk/newsid_55000/55393.stm

 

Exxon Valdez spill (Alaska)  (1989)

Oil Spill Restoration (Exxon Valdez spill, Alaska):       http://www.oilspill.state.ak.us/

 

Erika spill (Brittany, France)  (1999)

CEDRE site (in English):       http://www.le-cedre.fr/uk/spill/erika/erika.htm

 

Prestige spill (Iberia) (2002-ongoing)

CEDRE  site (in French and Spanish):      http://www.le-cedre.fr/fr/prestige/

IFREMER site (in French):      http://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/prestige/

Galicea e-commerce centre (many links):    http://www.e-negociogalicia.com/internacional/en/prestige 

 

Some general oil pollution sites

International Maritime Organization:      http://www.imo.org

International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF):       http://www.itopf.com

National Ocean Service (USA):      http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/

Ocean Planet:      http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_oil_pollution.html

 

 

Overview of the environmental effects of the Sea Empress oil spill.


School of Biological Sciences | University of Wales Swansea


Authors: Peter Dyrynda, Rob Symberlist
Contact: P.Dyrynda@swansea.ac.uk
Update: 10th October 2003

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