• registered in Monrovia when she was renamed Brae Trader. She was named Braer when she was acquired by the Braer Corporation in 1990. During the enquiry after...
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    across much of Scotland. It also led to the final breakup of the oil tanker MV Braer, from which the storm derived its name; it had been stranded in rocks off...
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  • coast of Angola, May 1991 Mingbulak oil spill in Uzbekistan, March 1992 MV Braer shipwreck and oil spill at the Shetland Islands, January 1993 Taylor oil...
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  • single-hull tankers, particularly in view of the MV Braer disaster in Scotland just three years earlier; the Braer also being a single-hull vessel. The Sea Empress...
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    areas, leading to increased erosion. In January 1993, the storm which ran MV Braer aground off Shetland eroded 3 metres (9.8 feet) of machair along the entire...
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  • on debris from the caravan explosion suggests a connection to the 1993 MV Braer tanker disaster. Pérez asks Sandy to look for local families or businesses...
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    farm was the site of a military camp. In January 1993, the oil tanker MV Braer grounded just off the area, hitting rocks in Quendale Bay that caused significant...
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  • 1971, also sunk by military aircraft. Amoco Cadiz oil spill – 1978 MV Braer – 1993 MV Sea Empress – 1996 Lloyd's Open Form "The 13 largest oil spills in...
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    lighthouse was closed in 1942 but, following the sinking of the oil tanker MV Braer in 1993, a new and much smaller lighthouse was built in 1997. This had...
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    in Rochester, New York, in the fifth largest robbery in U.S. history. MV Braer, a Liberian-registered oil tanker, runs aground off the Scottish island...
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