Amoco Haven tanker disaster
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In 1991 the Amoco Haven renamed the "Troodos Haven", an oil tanker loaded with 144,000 tonnes of crude oil approximately 1 million barrels of oil and owned by Troodos shipping a company owned by Stelios Haji-Ioannou caught fire and sank polluting the sea. It has been described as the worlds worst pollutiion disaster.
5 people were killed and for the next 12 years the Meditteranean coast of Italy and France have been polluted especially around Genoa and Southern France. Stelios Haji-Ioannou was prosecuted and charged with manslaughter and bribery. The ship had been carrying one million barrels of Iranian crude when it was rocked by an explosion on April 11 1991. It sank after burning for three days. At the centre of the case was the allegation that Stelios and his father had kept their vessel, the Troodos owned Cyprus-flagged Amoco Haven, in such bad repair that it blew up. However, according to news items it is also alleged that the tanker was scrapped after being hit by the exocet and should not have been put back into operation.[link]
Pollution
The Italian president of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Grazi Francescato said in a statement that he was disgusted at Mr Haji-Ioannou's conduct.External Links
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