Marine ops expert recalls ‘horrendous conditions’ on day of Braer grounding
ByHaley Bouma
Captain George Sutherland, retired director of marine operations at Shetland Islands Council who was in charge of the onshore clean-up operation following the disaster in January 1993.
“Horrendous conditions” were the two words used by Captain George Sutherland to describe the weather on the day the Braer oil tanker hit the Shetland coast.
After 25 years the former director of marine operations for Shetland Islands Council still remembers the incident clearly.
Mr Sutherland said the chief executive of the Shetland council called him the morning of the incident asking him why a ship was drifting inshore.
