Arrow oil spill’s 50th anniversary

    On February 4, 1970 the oil tanker Arrow ran aground on Cerberus Rock in Chedabucto Bay, resulting in 10,000 tonnes of bunker C being spilled.

    STRAIT AREA: An unwanted milestone was celebrated earlier this month. On February 4, 1970, the Liberian registered oil tanker Arrow ran aground on Cerberus rock, off the coast of Isle Madame. Four days later, the wreck broke in two pieces, resulting in the spill of millions of gallons of thick bunker C crude oil into…

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