The 2010 Mumbai oil spill occurred after the Panama-flagged MV MSC Chitra (IMO: 7814838) and Template:Ship (IMO: 8128690)[1][2] collided off the coast of India near Mumbai on Saturday, 7 August 2010 at around 9:50Template:Nbspam local time.[3][4] 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.[5]
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References
- ↑ Ships collide near Mumbai. Mid-Day(8 August 2010).
- ↑ Khalijia 3 - VesselTracker.
- ↑ Efforts on to check oil spill, Chavan undertakes aerial survey. Deccan Chronicle(9 August 2010).
- ↑ Mumbai oil spill continues, 300 containers tumbled into water so far. The Times of India(9 August 2010).
- ↑ Major oil spill fears as ships collide off Mumbai coast. The Times of India(8 August 2010).