文档介绍：Case 4 BALTIC CARRIER, Oil Pollution, Falster, Denmark, 29th March 2001
On 29th March the BALTIC CARRIER, a double-hulled chemical tanker, collided with the TERN, a bulk carrier, off the Danish coast, spilling approximately 2700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil. The oil drifted north-westwards from the collision point and ing ashore during the afternoon and evening of 29th March. The heaviest concentrations were along the south shores of Farø and Bogø in the sound between the islands of Falster, Sjælland and Møn. The oil lay in rafts of highly viscous oil, up to 5cm thick and still afloat at the water's edge. ITOPF observed several hundred tonnes of oil ashore at Farø and Bogø. The Danish Coast Guard has reported several larger concentrations of oil drifting off Møn and Falster, as well as in Storstrøm Sound between Falster and Sjælland. The total quantity of oil floating in two main patches west of the motorway bridge across Storstrøm was reported as 400 tonnes.
The offshore clean up response is being coordinated by the Danish Coast Guard. 12 response vessels are currently involved in the operation. Because of the high viscosity of the oil, which has the consistency of chewing gum, the main approach has been to use mechanical grabs rather than conventional skimmers. As at 1st April, 930 m³ of oil are reported to have been recovered at sea. Protective booms have been placed aroun