Cromarty Rising

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Good point – this refers to the oil spill risk assessment. There is no measure of oil spill other than “1 tonne”. Different hazards need quantified with potential worst case loss of oil such as collision, grounding, fire or explosion. On the last point this has never really been looked into – the Moray Firth is littered with unexploded ordnance and this potential hazard hasn’t even been thought about. The Beatrice Offshore Windfarm took it seriously enough to devote a whole chapter on the subject in their Environmental Statement. While dropping anchor and chain is less invasive than building a wind farm, the consequences for an oil tanker of triggering unexploded ordnance are arguably far more devastating.