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264:, covering thousands of the birds in oil. Although volunteers made efforts to save them, many of the birds had to be shot due to the irreversible damage to their health. On Sunday August 2, 2009 a group of environmental specialists began working at a rapid rate to clean up the disaster that was left behind from the oil. It took over 16,000 weekdays to restore the coastline and clean the entirety of the oil spill. The total estimated cost for all of this work to reverse the harm of the spill was about 25 million 140: 29: 303:
of the ship were both charged with violating the Pollution Control Act due to their failure to take adequate measures to prevent pollution of the marine environment from this accident. The master was also found guilty of violating the Ship Safety and Security Act. The Master was sentenced to 6 months
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After the accident the wind speed suddenly decreased, with calm conditions being present on the first of August. Decreased wind allowed for the oil to be contained more easily. Significant oil slicks were seen north-northeast of the accident. Areas southeast of the accident contained a large amount
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with 120 days suspended, and the Third Officer was sentenced to 60 days with 39 days suspended. Officials feared that they would evade punishment, however, both of these individuals were detained in Norway for four and a half months. However, they were released on bail; coming back to Norway from
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of oil approximately two days after the spill. Exact details regarding the amount of oil spilled remains unknown, and further observations of the southwest amount of oil remains undetermined. The amount of oil found was low in the southeast 50 km range from the spill.
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informed that the Full City drifted toward Såstein approximately at 9:50 pm, due to strong winds and waves from southwest. Conservationists critiqued how authorities prioritized the 23 crew members instead of acting rapidly to set up barriers.
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level 10 towards the southeast, which persisted throughout the day. The ship suffered engine failure and ran aground in stormy conditions that evening. The winds started to decrease and eventually stop a couple hours after the oil spill. The
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life suffered no significant impacts. The research was included in a study of four oil spills that occurred in the Norwegian coastal area, including the Rocknes Oil Spill, the Server Oil Spill, and the
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The oil spill was reported at night and the oil spill response actions started working the next day. A large amount of the oil spilled in ecologically sensitive areas, including a
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The ships anchor slipped, the vessel crew failed to start the main engine during a storm, and the vessel ran aground on Lille Såstein Bird Sanctuary.
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with 23 crew members on board, spilled around 200 tons of IFO-380
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Days before the incident, ships were alerted about a gale in
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ran tests on the affected areas to track any significant
445:"Experiences from oil spills at the Norwegian Coast" 416:"Norway police charge ship captain after fuel spill" 163:incident that occurred on July 31, 2009 when the 630: 413: 357:"Cosco HK is named as owner behind 'Full City'" 613: 36:aground on the island of Saastein / Såstein 620: 606: 438: 436: 527:. Online Media Partners. 8 December 2010 308:, presenting themselves in front of the 246:Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority 138: 442: 383: 381: 379: 631: 547:"Full City under repair in Gothenburg" 433: 387: 146:is the island to the left of the text 209:. The oil contaminated 75 km of 193:. The ship, said to be operated by a 572: 376: 507:"Ship grounding sets off oil spill" 312:. As of April 2010 the ship was in 13: 390:"Norway cleans up after oil spill" 86: 14: 680: 539: 414:Wojciech Moskwa (3 August 2009). 407: 576: 260:sanctuary that was home to 2000 27: 513: 499: 477: 463: 388:Walton, Greg (8 August 2009). 348: 1: 443:Boitsov, S. 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58°58′15″N 9°42′38″E / 58.970833°N 9.710556°E / 58.970833; 9.710556
COSCO

Såstein
Rognsfjorden
oil spill
bulk carrier
Full City
ran aground
island
Såstein
Langesund
Telemark
Norway
HK
COSCO
heavy fuel oil
diesel fuel
Norwegian coastline
Langesund
Vestfold
Bird Sanctuary
Larvik
Municipality
Skagerrak
Beaufort scale
Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority
sea bird
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