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The beaching of oil 72 h after die accident is shown in Fig. 3. Comparing it widi die sim 
ulation results in BROSTROM et al. (2011) the extension of the oil beaching is approxi 
mately as far soudi as die OD3D results using 1.5 km resolution. One difference is that 
SeatrackWeb with BSHcmod forcing also has beaching of oil at Molen while OD3D does 
not predict this. Comparing our results with the SeatrackWeb results using 
HIRLAM/HIROMB forcing more oil is beached near the accident location and the oil 
does not travel tiiat far soutii. The SetrackWeb simulations presented here and in 
BROSTROM et al. (2011) differ not only because of different forcing fields also because of 
additional uncertainty spreading. 
Figure 3: SeatrackWeb simulation results of the “Full City” case 72 h after the initial release using 
BSHcmod forcing. 
3.2 Container drift in the German Bight 
At 05:35 UTC on 06. January 2012 - just after a nordiwest gale causing a rough sea state 
and a storm surge - a cargo ship reported loss of ten 40-ft containers about 22 nm WNW 
of Helgoland near die German Bight Western Approach. Seven containers contained 
wood piles, two containers were empty reefer containers and one container included car 
spare parts. These containers were partly connected witii twist locks, drifting in packages 
of two, three or four containers until most of diem probably broke off distributing tiieir 
content. Consequently, die pollution was more a danger for shipping dian for wild life 
although there is always impact on ecology, tourism and economy in general by such 
accidents.