On July 27, 2003, she ran aground near the city of Karachi whilst on approach to the Port of Karachi. Over the next few days more than 33,000 tons of oil spilled into the Arabian Sea in what is considered by some to be the largest environmental disaster in Pakistan's history.[1] Cracks began to appear on the ship's hull on August 13 and the ship began to break up. By August 17, the ship had split into two, releasing some 12,000 tons of its light crude oil cargo into the Arabian Sea.[2] According to the IUCN 16 kilometres of coastline has been polluted.
The ship's insurer offered 10 million rupees (about $180,000 US dollars in 2003) in compensation to the Karachi port authorities, and agreed to pay all cleaning expenses.
Referencesedit
^"Karachi port plans to remove fuel from stranded ship". The Express Tribune. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
tasman, spirit, tasman, spirit, greek, registered, tanker, tanker, launched, february, 1979, formerly, called, mabini, kenko, tasman, spirit, spill, editmain, article, tasman, spirit, spill, july, 2003, aground, near, city, karachi, whilst, approach, port, kar. The Tasman Spirit was a Greek registered oil tanker The tanker was launched in February 1979 and was formerly called the Mabini and Kenko Tasman Spirit oil spill editMain article Tasman Spirit oil spill On July 27 2003 she ran aground near the city of Karachi whilst on approach to the Port of Karachi Over the next few days more than 33 000 tons of oil spilled into the Arabian Sea in what is considered by some to be the largest environmental disaster in Pakistan s history 1 Cracks began to appear on the ship s hull on August 13 and the ship began to break up By August 17 the ship had split into two releasing some 12 000 tons of its light crude oil cargo into the Arabian Sea 2 According to the IUCN 16 kilometres of coastline has been polluted The ship s insurer offered 10 million rupees about 180 000 US dollars in 2003 in compensation to the Karachi port authorities and agreed to pay all cleaning expenses References edit Karachi port plans to remove fuel from stranded ship The Express Tribune 2021 07 26 Retrieved 2021 08 18 Tasman Spirit Shipwreck Log 2014 09 26 Retrieved 2019 11 13 Pakistan tackles huge oil spill BBC August 15 2003 Retrieved 2007 10 29 Editorial A tragic but avoidable disaster Daily Times Pakistan August 16 2003 Retrieved 2007 10 29 Tasman Spirit oil spill collection of articles at Coordination maree noire Stricken tanker Tasman Spirit spills 33 000 tons of crude oil into the sea off the Karachi coast World Wildlife Fund July 28 2003 Archived from the original on October 25 2007 Retrieved 2007 10 29 https web archive org web 20041118141048 http www hipakistan com en detail php newsId en35669 amp F catID amp f type source This merchant ship article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MT Tasman Spirit amp oldid 1168733119, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
