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The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
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SS Atlantic Empress
Greek oil tanker; collided, sank, and spilled oil in the Caribbean Sea in 1979
SS Atlantic Empress was a Greek oil tanker that in 1979 collided with the oil tanker Aegean Captain in the Caribbean, and eventually sank, having created the fifth largest oil spill on record and the largest ship-based spill having spilled 287,000 metric tonnes of crude oil into…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
List of oil spills
List of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world
This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons, 256 Imperial gallons, 7.33 barrels, or 1165 litres.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)