MV Braer information

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

disaster in 1993, where it had a role in attempting the rescue of the tanker MV Braer. The crew and ship were commended in the official report, which stated:...

days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu. 1993 – The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons...

1997), in both cases due to containing large amounts of explosives. The MV Braer was also protected from 1993, until the order was revoked in 1994. Designation...

Montgomery". Maritime and Coastguard Website. Retrieved 29 October 2006. D2 MV Braer (oil tanker): designated 8 February 1993 because of the presence of a significant...

were no plans for a divorce. Braer Storm at peak intensity across the British Isles, breaking up the wrecked tanker Braer. 11 January – British Airways...

540 Long-finned Pilot Whales were driven ashore. In 1993 the oil tanker MV Braer ran aground on Garths Ness in Dunrossness releasing 85,000 tons of crude...

Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014. "MV Oriental Pioneer [+1974]". Wreck Site. García-Borboroglu, P (2008). "PETROLEUM...

handle such problems and it led to changes in regulations. The grounding of MV Braer in January 1993 in Shetland led to the loss of 84,700 tons of light crude...

victims after the vessel sank. List of South Korean ferry disasters Sinking of MV Sewol "Fears rise for missing in SKorea ferry sinking". Associated Press....

tanker MV Braer runs aground on South Mainland of Shetland, spilling 84,700 tonnes of crude oil into the sea. She is broken up by the following Braer Storm...

disasters when sinking close to coastal regions, causing oil spills. See Braer, Erika, Exxon Valdez, Prestige and Torrey Canyon for examples of tankers...

to Armadale on the Isle of Skye, a 30-minute sailing operated by MV Loch Fyne and MV Lord of the Isles, the latter operating the morning service from...

fifth time to 'Wind 3', before Being scrapped in June 2012, in Chittagong Braer – Another single-hulled oil tanker which ran aground off the Shetland Islands...