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Quantity of oil spilt from tanker incidents 1970-2018
Quantity of oil leaked from tanker incidents 1970 to 2018 (in metric tons)
by M. Garside,
last edited
Feb 12, 2019
This statistic shows the amount of oil leaked from tanker incidents from 1970 to 2018. In 2018, a total of 116,000 metric tons of oil was leaked from oil tanker incidents, the largest quantity leaked in 24 years. Most of the quantity leaked in 2018 was attributable to the incident involving the MT SANCHI in the East China Sea. Since the 70s and 80s, the average annual amount of oil spilled from tankers has decreased significantly.
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by M. Garside,
last edited
Feb 12, 2019
This statistic shows the amount of oil leaked from tanker incidents from 1970 to 2018. In 2018, a total of 116,000 metric tons of oil was leaked from oil tanker incidents, the largest quantity leaked in 24 years. Most of the quantity leaked in 2018 was attributable to the incident involving the MT SANCHI in the East China Sea. Since the 70s and 80s, the average annual amount of oil spilled from tankers has decreased significantly.
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- The acronym ITOPF stands for The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited.
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