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[Select]How did the accident happenTankers collide and cause major oil spillAn even greater disaster was avoidedThe oil spill and its effects The Sea Empress, a single hull oil tanker, was entering the Cleddau Estuary on her way to Milford Haven when she hit rocks in the middle of the channel. The ship’s cargo of 130 000 tonnes of crude oil started to spill into the sea.

[Select]How did the accident happenTankers collide and cause major oil spillAn even greater disaster was avoidedThe oil spill and its effects Salvage teams attempted to bring the vessel under control, but 72 000 tonnes of oil escaped. Volunteers helped to recover over 7 000 dead or oiled birds (a small percentage of the number of birds affected), but the average survival rate was nine days. Miles of Welsh coastline were contaminated and the total cost of the clean-up was put at £60 million.

[Select]How did the accident happenTankers collide and cause major oil spillAn even greater disaster was avoidedThe oil spill and its effects If the accident had happened a few weeks later, when millions of seabirds would have arrived to breed, or had the wind not changed direction, then the wildlife and economy of Pembrokeshire, in Wales, would have suffered more.