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Oil spill in Brittany

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Oil spill in Brittany. TK Bremen. Consequences. Judgment. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Oil spill in Bretagne

Oil spill in Brittany

It happened in December, 20111

TK Bremen

The boat left the harbour of Lorient without taking into account the danger of the storm Joachim. Thus, it overturned close to the coast of Morbihan causing an oil spill.

2Consequences

Consequences :60 000 liters of fuel and oil dumped in the seaA lake of hydrocarbon with an area of 1km on 5m190 tons of fuel and 50 tons of diesel oil, threatening all the whole marine ecosystem.

3Judgment

Judgment :The sailor has been put in police custody for mismanagement of the anchorage. Several months where needed to clean all the polluted area, the last bans on fishing were lifted in march 2012.

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