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Amoco Cadiz

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Amoco Cadiz

US-owned oil tanker that ran aground off the French coast in 1978, releasing 225,000 tonnes of crude oil. The environmental impact was immense – 30,000 seabirds died, 130 beaches were immersed in a 30 cm/12 in layer of oil, and 230,000 tonnes of crustacea and fish perished. See oil spill.
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1978: The oil tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground on the coast of Brittany, broke in half and spilled 220,000 tons of crude oil.
On This Day by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
1978: The oil tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground on the coast of Brittany, broke in half and spilled 220,000 tons of crude oil.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
1 The super-tanker Amoco Cadiz split in two off Brittany.
TIME OUT by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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