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Contents 1 Worst Pollution Disasters 2 Largest 3 Other spills 3.1 After 2000 3.2 1990s 3.3 1980s 3.4 1970s 3.5 1960s 3.6 1950s 4 See also

[edit] Worst Pollution Disasters

Europe The worst pollution disaster in Europe to date was the 1991 sinking of the Haven an oil tanker loaded with 144,000 tonnes of crude oil and owned by Troodos shipping a company owned by Stelios Haji-Ioannou. 5 people were killed and for the next 12 years the Meditteranean coast of Italy and France have been polluted especially around Genoa and St. Tropez. Stelios was prosecuted and charged with manslaughter and bribery. More Details [1]

[edit] Largest

1. Gulf War oil spill, Persian Gulf, January 23 1991
2. Ixtoc I oil well, S Gulf of Mexico, June 3, 1979
3. Nowruz oil field, Persian Gulf, February, 1983
4. Atlantic Empress and Aegean Captain collision, off Trinidad and Tobago, July 19, 1979
5. Castillo de Bellver, off Cape Town, South Africa, August 6, 1983
6. Amoco Cadiz (BP/Amoco, USA) - Brittany, France, March 16 1978
7. Torrey Canyon, South England, March 18 1967
8. Sea Star, Gulf of Oman, December 19, 1972
9. Urquiola, A Coruña, Spain, May 12, 1976
10. Hawaiian Patriot, N Pacific February 26, 1977
11. Othello, Tralhavet Bay, Sweden, March 20, 1970

[edit] Other spills

[edit] After 2000

• Guimaras oil spill, Philippines, August 11, 2006
• Jiyeh power station oil spill, Lebanon, July 14-15, 2006
• Alaska North Slope, March 2, 2006
• Selendang Ayu, Unalaska Island, Alaska, USA, December 8 2004
• Athos 1, Delaware River, United States, November 26 2004
• Tasman Spirit, Karachi, Pakistan, July 28 2003

Bouchard No. 120, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA, April 27 2003

• Prestige, Galicia, Spain, November 13 2002

[edit] 1990s

• Erika, Bay of Biscay, December 12, 1999
• Sea Empress, Wales, UK, February 15, 1996
• Braer, Shetland Islands, UK, January 5 1993
• Aegean Sea, A Coruña, Spain, December 3, 1992
• Haven Tanker Stelios Haji-Ioannou Meditteranean Sea near Genoa, 1991

[edit] 1980s

• Exxon Valdez, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, March 24 1989

[edit] 1970s

• Burmah Agate, Galveston Bay, Texas, USA, November 1 1979
• Ekofisk oil field, North Sea, April 22, 1977
• Argo Merchant, Nantucket Island, December 21 1976
• Corinthos, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, USA, January 31 1975

[edit] 1960s

• Keo, off Massachusetts, USA, November 5, 1969
• Storage Tank, Sewaren, New Jersey, USA, November 4, 1969
• World Glory, off South Africa, June 13, 1968

[edit] 1950s

• The Greenpoint, Brooklyn Oil Spill, Newton Creek Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1950 [2][3]

[edit] See also

• Oil spills on the Delaware River, United Statesbr:Listenn al lanvioù du pennañ

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