Amoco Cadiz was a VLCC (very large crude carrier) owned by Amoco Transport Corp and transporting crude oil for Shell Oil. Operating under the Liberian...
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The Amoco Cadiz oil spill took place on 16 March 1978, when the oil tanker Amoco Cadiz, owned by the American petroleum company Amoco, ran aground on...
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Amoco (/ˈæməkoʊ/ AM-ə-koh) is a brand of fuel stations operating in the United States and owned by British conglomerate BP since 1998. The Amoco Corporation...
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Ploudalmézeau (section Amoco Cadiz oil spill)
France. The village and port of Portsall is part of the commune. The Amoco Cadiz oil tanker ran aground off Portsall in 1978, causing a large crude oil...
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Amoco Cadiz, an oil tanker that sank in 1978, causing the fifth-largest oil spill in history. HMS Cadiz, two ships of the British Royal Navy. CADIZ,...
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started to write songs in Breton, and ecological catastrophes such as the Amoco Cadiz oil spill or the Erika oil spill and water pollution from intensive pig...
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year. The environmental disaster caused by the 1978 sinking of the MV Amoco Cadiz, which flew the Liberian flag, spurred the creation of a new type of...
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Amoco Cadiz: The Shipwreck That Had to Happen. New York: William Morrow and Company. ISBN 0688069541. Visser, Auke (26 August 2010). "Amoco Cadiz"....
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thousand tons (e.g., Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Atlantic Empress, Amoco Cadiz), but volume is a limited measure of damage or impact. Smaller spills...
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publicized international proceedings, such as those arising out of the Amoco Cadiz and Exxon Valdez oil spills. His legal work was recognized by the Chambers...
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the atmosphere. International catastrophes such as the wreck of the Amoco Cadiz oil tanker off the coast of Brittany in 1978 and the Bhopal disaster...
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"Amoco Cadiz". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 27 October 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2008. "AMOCO CADIZ...
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Grounded ships. 2009 USS Port Royal grounding 2021 Suez Canal obstruction Amoco Cadiz Beaching (nautical) Costa Concordia disaster Exxon Valdez oil spill MS...
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related to oil spills. Prominent spills are the Torrey Canyon spill, the Amoco Cadiz spill outside the Brittany coast in France and the Exxon Valdez spill...
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M/T Haven, was an elderly vessel, formerly the Amoco Haven, sister ship of the ill-starred Amoco Cadiz that had foundered in 1978. Haji-Ioannou was accused...
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the United States. Hickory Woods - Neighborhood in Buffalo, New York Amoco Cadiz oil spill, 1978 – the vessel broke in two, releasing its entire cargo...
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environmental disasters resulting from oil spills than in the 1970s. Amoco Cadiz, Braer, Erika, Exxon Valdez, Prestige and Torrey Canyon were examples...
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whether they were in accordance with the rules of the ILO. After the Amoco Cadiz sank that year, it was decided to also audit safety and pollution practices...
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oil industry, 1976–1996 Arctic Refuge drilling controversy, since 1977 Amoco Cadiz shipwreck and oil spill off the coast of Brittany, France, March 1978...
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German radar installation on the island. In March 1978, the oil tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground at Portsall about 19 miles (31 km) from the island, leading...
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incidents in 1978 Shipwrecks 26 Jan: USS Ross 23 Feb: USS Rowe 16 Mar: Amoco Cadiz 23 Mar: Kronos 7 Apr: Astron 17 Jun: Whippoorwill 25 Jun: Chantal 28...
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incidents in 1978 Shipwrecks 26 Jan: USS Ross 23 Feb: USS Rowe 16 Mar: Amoco Cadiz 23 Mar: Kronos 7 Apr: Astron 17 Jun: Whippoorwill 25 Jun: Chantal 28...
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worst oil spills in history, caused by the Amoco Cadiz which was owned through subsidiaries of the Amoco Corporation, the Illinois court that heard the...
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of the area that have been contaminated by the Amoco Cadiz spill in 1978. In contrast to the Amoco Cadiz spill, in which only one quarter of lost oil washed...
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worst technical disaster ever. March 16, 1978: The Amoco Cadiz, a VLCC owned by the company Amoco sank near the northwest coast of France, resulting in...
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thousand tons (e.g., Deepwater Horizon oil spill, SS Atlantic Empress, Amoco Cadiz). Smaller spills have already proven to have a great impact on ecosystems...
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oil spills SS Wafra oil spill – 1971, also sunk by military aircraft. Amoco Cadiz oil spill – 1978 MV Braer – 1993 MV Sea Empress – 1996 Lloyd's Open Form...
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Stockless anchor of the Amoco Cadiz in Portsall, north-west Brittany, France...
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in litoral of Finistère, near Porspoder - the region affected by the Amoco Cadiz tanker disaster in 1978 Drawing of the soft body and underside of the...
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environmental damage such as that caused by the Exxon Valdez oil spill, or the Amoco Cadiz and Torrey Canyon disasters. The Key, based on a novel by Jan de Hartog...
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