Amoco Cadiz

The sinking Amoco Cadiz
History
Name: Amoco Cadiz
Owner: Amoco Transport Co.
Port of registry:  Liberia
Builder:
Yard number: 95
Laid down: 24 November 1973
Launched: 1974
Completed: May 1975
Out of service: 16 March 1978
Identification: IMO number: 7336422
Fate: Sunk at 48°36′N 4°42′W / 48.6°N 4.7°W / 48.6; -4.7Coordinates: 48°36′N 4°42′W / 48.6°N 4.7°W / 48.6; -4.7
Notes: [1]
General characteristics
Tonnage: 233,690 DWT; 109,700 GRT
Length: 334.02 m (1,095.9 ft)
Beam: 51.06 m (167.5 ft)
Draught: 19.80 m (65.0 ft)
Installed power:
Propulsion: Single screw
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity: 1.6 Mbbl (250×10^3 m3)
Crew: 44
Notes: [1][2]

Amoco Cadiz was a very large crude carrier (VLCC) under the Liberian flag of convenience owned by Amoco. On 16 March 1978, she ran aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km (3 mi) from the coast of Brittany, France; and ultimately split in three and sank, resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date.[1][2]

Oil spill

Main article: Amoco Cadiz oil spill

Amoco Cadiz contained 1,604,500 barrels (219,797 tons) of light crude oil from Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia and Kharg Island, Iran.[3] Severe weather resulted in the complete breakup of the ship before any oil could be pumped out of the wreck, resulting in her entire cargo of crude oil (belonging to Shell) and 4,000 tons of fuel oil being spilled into the sea.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Amoco Cadiz (IMO 7336422): Summary for Casualty ID 19780316_001". Casualty Database. Center for Tankship Excellence. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 Visser, Auke (26 August 2010). "Amoco Cadiz". International Super Tankers. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  3. Boileau, David; Allen, Tony; Claes, Johnny (04/07/09). "Amoco Cadiz (+1978)". The Wrecksite. Retrieved 11 June 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. Hartog, C. den; Jacobs, R.P.W.M. (March 1980). "Effects of the Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill on an Eelgrass Community at Roscoff (France) with special reference to the mobile benthic fauna". Helgoland Marine Research. Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer. 33 (1-4): 182–191. doi:10.1007/BF02414745. Retrieved 11 June 2010.

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