Date 7 August 2010 | Casualties None | |
Cause Ship collision involving MV MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia-III Volume 2,900 barrels (460 m) (400 tonnes) – 5,900 barrels (940 m) (800 tonnes) |
The 2010 Mumbai oil spill occurred after the Panama-flagged MV MSC Chitra (IMO: 7814838) and MV Khalijia 3 (IMO: 8128690) collided off the coast of India near Mumbai on Saturday, 7 August 2010 at around 9:50 A.M local time. MSC Chitra, which was outbound from South Mumbai's Nava Sheva port, collided with the inbound Khalijia-III, which caused about 200 cargo containers from MSC Chitra to be thrown into the Arabian Sea. Khalijia-III was apparently involved with another mishap on 18 July 2010.
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2010 Mumbai oil spill Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA