Between 1990 and 2010, the largest oil spill accident in European Union waters was the MT Haven spill in 1991. While unloading off the coast of Genoa, Italy, there wan an explosion onboard the MT Haven, resulting in 144,000 thousand barrels of oil being released into the Mediterranean Sea.
Largest oil spill accidents from oil tankers in the European Union between 1990 and 2010
(in 1,000 tons of oil lost)
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EMSA. (September 1, 2021). Largest oil spill accidents from oil tankers in the European Union between 1990 and 2010 (in 1,000 tons of oil lost) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1302879/largest-oil-spills-from-oil-tankers-in-the-eu/
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