Oil response
Slick behaviour Slick behaviour - extent of the spill
Offshore response Airborne dispersant spraying, seaborne containment and recovery
French Navy French Navy involvement in the Sea Empress response operation
Onshore response More than 500 people and 2,000 metres of boom in addition to a lot of ancillary equipment were used on over thirty clean-up sites.
Role of Egmopol barges The barge was put into action on the 19th close to the tanker which by that time had been towed to an Oil Terminal a few miles West of Milford Haven.
Action undertaken by the European Community Mobilising the community Task Force.
Learning about pollution
Learning about pollution Information flow, the media, data collection, additional resources...
Documentary research Every spill is different and yet appraising a situation always requires rapid acquisition of the most reliable information possible.
Impacts and compensation
Short-term impact Birds and mammals, fishing
Environmental evaluation Sea Empress Environmental evaluation Comittee (SEEEC).
Compensation French Navy involvement in the Sea Empress response operation
