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Article in Helsingborg's dagblad about oil contingency planning

2010-03-08 | The article describe a possible scenario of an accident where an oil tanker causes a major oil spill in Öresund and talk about the work of the Baltic Master II Oil contingency planning Case study in North West Skåne.

Moreover,  the article stresses that there is a considerable risk for an oil accident in Öresund since it is one of the most trafficed sounds in the world. Around 35 000 vessels pass every year and of those are around 5000 oil tankers.

Read the articles (in Swedish):

 

Så ska en större oljeolycka hanteras

 

Det är stor risk att någonting händer

 

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