Table 1 Lists of catastrophic spills of massive amounts of crude petroleum oil, a source of PAHs, into the Mediterranean Sea in different Mediterranean cities from different countries
Spill | Location | Year | Spilled oil (tonnes) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fina Norvege | Sardinia, Italy | 1966 | 6000 | |
Marlena | Sicily, Italy | 1970 | 15,000 | |
Ellen Conway | Port of Arzew, Algeria | 1976 | 31,000 | |
Al Dammam | Agioi Theodoroi, Greece | 1976 | 15,000 | |
URSS 1 | Bosporus Strait, Turkey | 1977 | 20,000 | |
Kosmas M. | Asbas, Antalya, Turkey | 1978 | 10,000 | |
Messiniaki Frontis | Crete, Greece | 1979 | 16,000 | |
MT Independența (“Independence”) | Istanbul City area and the Sea of Marmara, Turkey | 1979 | 64,000 | |
Juan Antonio Lavalleja | Port of Arzew, Algeria | 1980 | 37,000 | |
MV Haven | Genoa, Italy | 1991 | 144,000 | |
Castor off Nador | Morocco | 2000 | 9900 | |
Jiyeh power plant | coast of Lebanon | 2006 | 15,000–30,000 |
