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Tanker Name
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Location
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Date
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Size of spill
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Castillo de Bellver
|
South Africa
|
1983
|
78.5 million gallons
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Amoco Cadiz
|
France
|
1978
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68.7 million gallons
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Odyssey
|
Canada
|
1988
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43.1 million gallons
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Atlantic Empress
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Trinidad and Tobago
|
1979
|
42.7 million gallons
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Haven
|
Italy
|
1991
|
42.0 million gallons
|
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Atlantic Express
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Barbados
|
1979
|
41.5 million gallons
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Torrey Canyon
|
England
|
1967
|
38.2 million gallons
|
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Sea Star
|
Gulf of Oman
|
1972
|
37.9 million gallons
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Irenes Serenade
|
Greece
|
1980
|
36.6 million gallons
|
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Texaco Denmark
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Belgium
|
1971
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31.5 million gallons
|
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Hawaiian Patriot
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Hawaii
|
1977
|
31.2 million gallons
|
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Independentza
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Turkey
|
1979
|
28.9 million gallons
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Julius Schindler
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Portugal
|
1969
|
28.4 million gallons
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Urquiola
|
Spain
|
1976
|
28.1 million gallons
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Braer
|
Scotland
|
1993
|
25.0 million gallons
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Jakob Maersk
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Portugal
|
1975
|
24.3 million gallons
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Aegean Sea
|
Spain
|
1992
|
21.9 million gallons
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Nova
|
Iran
|
1985
|
21.4 million gallons
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Sea Empress
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South Wales
|
1996
|
21.3 million gallons
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Wafra
|
South Africa
|
1971
|
20.2 million gallons
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Khark 5
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Morocco
|
1989
|
20.0 million gallons
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Othello
|
Sweden
|
1970
|
18.2 million gallons
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Epic Colocotronis
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Caribbean Sea
|
1975
|
18.0 million gallons
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Sinclair Petrolore
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Brazil
|
1960
|
17.6 million gallons
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Assimi
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Gulf of Oman
|
1983
|
15.8 million gallons
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Yuyo Maru
|
Japan
|
1974
|
15.8 million gallons
|
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ABT Summer
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Angola
|
1991
|
15.2 million gallons
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Katina P.
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South Africa
|
1992
|
15.0 million gallons
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Heimvard
|
Japan
|
1965
|
14.7 million gallons
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Andros Patria
|
Spain
|
1978
|
14.6 million gallons
|
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World Glory
|
South Africa
|
1968
|
14.3 million gallons
|
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British Ambassador
|
Japan
|
1975
|
14.2 million gallons
|
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Pericles GC
|
Qatar
|
1983
|
14.0 million gallons
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Metula
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Chile
|
1974
|
13.9 million gallons
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Ennerdale
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Seychelles
|
1970
|
13.8 million gallons
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Tadotsu
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Indonesia
|
1978
|
13.2 million gallons
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Mandoil
|
United States
|
1968
|
12.6 million gallons
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Napier
|
Chile
|
1973
|
11.3 million gallons
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Patianna
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United Arab Emirates
|
1979
|
11.2 million gallons
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Trader
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Greece
|
1972
|
11.1 million gallons
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Exxon Valdez
|
United States
|
1989
|
11.0 million gallons
|
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Juan Antonio Lavalleja
|
Algeria
|
1984
|
10.9 million gallons
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Thanassis A.
|
Hong Kong
|
1994
|
10.8 million gallons
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Burmah Agate
|
United States
|
1979
|
10.7 million gallons
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Athenian Venture
|
Canada
|
1988
|
10.6 million gallons
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Unknown
|
Mexico
|
1996
|
10.5 million gallons
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Borag
|
Taiwan
|
1977
|
10.4 million gallons
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St. Peter
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Colombia
|
1976
|
10.3 million gallons
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Gino
|
France
|
1979
|
10.1 million gallons
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Las Minas
|
Panama
|
1986
|
10.0 million gallons
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