Ammoco Caediz

On the morning of the 16 March 1978, the oil colour oil well Amoco Cadiz owned by Amoco Transport Co. suffered a technical failure of the head system off the coast of Finistere in Brittany, France. The tanker was transporting 227,000 tonnes of crude oil from the Persian Gulf to Rotterdam (Netherlands) when the transfer began to drift towards the coastline in a tough storm. (Tides, 2008). The reason for the steering peddle failure was seen to be because of the stormy live conditions that the ship was facing.At 915 the Captain Pasquale Bandari hoisted the international signal for non Under Command. But he did non request assistance until 1120, when his engineer determined that the damage was irreparable. Two unsuccessful towing attempts the first a towrope, thrown at 130 am, this broke three hours later. contempt all the efforts made by the crews of both ships, the Amoco Cadiz started drifting to shore where signature the bottom ripped open the hull and storage tanks before stopping on the Portsall Rocks on the Breton coast. cedre, 2008)The crew of the tanker was rescued by helicopter, but the ship broke in two releasing 230,000 tons of crude oil. This permeate through the English Channel. The oil spill polluted approximately ccc kilometres of coastline, destroying fisheries, oysters and seaweed beds and also 76 beaches in the Breton community. (Lenntech, 2006) This was seen as the worst oil tragedy the world had seen at that time. After the steering had failed the captain had made virtually unwise decisions that were made under pressure. It took 1 hour 45 proceeding before the tug boat was called for.It also took 1 hour 30 minutes to negotiate a towing contract this did not help with the talking to problems with both parties. The second tow for the ship was very badly coordinated. completely of these examples led to the ship splitting in half and losing all of the oil. (Kristiansen, 2005) Having a single propeller and also a single rudder the Am oco Cadiz was at find of the steering gear failing. This became a reality when it happened and the crew could do zip fastener to repair it. The fact was that the crew where ill prepared for the steering gear to fail.If they were more prepared or had two propellers this tragedy might not have happened. (Kristiansen, 2005) BIB http//www. cedre. fr/en/spill/amoco/amoco. php http//www. lenntech. com/environmental-disasters. htm1. _Bhopal_the_Union_Carbide_gas_leak http//www. kozacky. com/site/files/789/74616/284382/393597/matter_oil_spill_by. pdf http//www. itopf. com/information-services/data-and-statistics/case-histories/alist. hypertext markup language http//en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Amoco_Cadiz http//news. bbc. co. uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/24/newsid_2531000/2531211. stm