The Maltese tanker ERIKA, carrying some 31,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil as cargo, broke in two in a severe storm in the Bay of Biscay on 12th December 1999, 60 miles from the coast of Brittany. All
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… together with a spill management team. OPA’90 limits the liability of the polluter for removal costs and pollution damage according to the size of the vessel involved. These limits may be broken, inter…
… of the Ports and Lighthouses Administration, would be established to provide advice and assistance. Costs incurred by EGPC and individual facilities are reimbursed out of an Environmental Protection Fund,…
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