8. 4 Case 4 BALTIC CARRIER oil Pollution Falster. Denmark. 29th march 2001 On 29th March the BALTIC Carrier, a double-hulled chemical tanker collided with the terN a bulk carrier off the Danish coast, spi illing approximately 2700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil. The oil drifted north-westwards from the collision point and started coming ashore during the afternoon and evening of 29th March. The heaviest concentrations were along the south shores of Farg and Bogo in the sound between the islands of falster Sjaelland and mon. The oil lay in rafts of highly viscous oil, up to 5cm thick and still afloat at the water's edge ITOPF observed several hundred tonnes of oil ashore at Faro and Bogo. The Danish Coast Guard has reported several larger concentrations of oil drifting off Mon and Falster. as well as in Storstrom Sound between Falster and sjaelland. The total quantity of oil floating in two8.4 Case 4 BALTIC CARRIER, Oil Pollution, Falster, Denmark, 29th March 2001 • On 29th March the BALTIC CARRIER, a double-hulled chemical tanker, collided with the TERN, a bulk carrier, off the Danish coast, spilling approximately 2700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil. The oil drifted north-westwards from the collision point and started coming ashore during the afternoon and evening of 29th March. The heaviest concentrations were along the south shores of Farøand Bogø in the sound between the islands of Falster, Sjælland and Møn. The oil lay in rafts of highly viscous oil, up to 5cm thick and still afloat at the water's edge. ITOPF observed several hundred tonnes of oil ashore at Farø and Bogø. The Danish Coast Guard has reported several larger concentrations of oil drifting off Møn and Falster, as well as in Storstrøm Sound between Falster and Sjælland. The total quantity of oil floating in two main patches west of the motorway bridge across