Global oil tanker accidents by quantity of spilled oil 1967-2023
The Atlantic Empress tanker spilled 287 thousand metric tons of oil off Tobago in 1979. This was the largest oil tanker disaster by quantity of spilled oil since 1967. By comparison, during the ABT Summer oil tanker spill that occurred in 1991, some 260 thousand metric tons of oil was spilled off of the coast of Angola. At the time of the disaster, the vessel had serviced the maritime oil cargo industry for almost 18 years.
