The Braer disaster was the subject of an editorial in the January 1993issueof Safety at Sea, which was accompanied by an image of an oil-slicked bird being carried away from the shore of the Shetland Isles in the United Kingdom. The 5 January incident saw the tanker run aground amid hurricane-force winds; a total of 846,700 tonnes of crude oil was spilled into the North Sea, causing extensive damage. SAS hoped the accident would result in a wide-ranging re-assessment of the way tankers were built, manned, maintained, and operated. "Anything less would be an insult to those who risked their lives to rescue the crew, those who have had their livelihoods destroyed, and not forgetting the high price paid by the environment," the magazine asserted.
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