Accidental oil spills from marine shipping

Indicator Fact Sheet (Deprecated)

Prod-ID: IND-135-en

Also known as: WHS 011

expired

Topics: Energy ,

This content has been archived on 08 May 2015, reason: No more updates will be done

Assessment made on 01 May 2004

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Classification

Topics:

Energy

Tags:

oil , oil spills

DPSIR: Pressure

Identification

Indicator codes

WHS 011

Contents

Policy issue: Are we reducing oil discharges from marine shipping?

Figures

Accidental oil tanker spills (above 7 tonnes per spill), Europe The mass of oil spilt is approximate, as some records do not contain the exact amount of oil spilt *: Prestige wreckage only

Key assessment

Despite an increase in the marine transport of oil, the world-wide average number of accidental oil spills above 7 tonnes has been estimated at 24.1 per year for the decade 1970-79, 8.8 per year for the decade 1980-89 and 7.3 per year for the decade 1990-99. In 2000 there was one spill of 250 tonnes (Germany) and 3 spills in 2001 totalling 2628 tonnes including 1 spill (Denmark) of 2400 tonnes.

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