The 2010 Mumbai oil spill occurred after the Panama-flagged
MV ''MSC Chitra'' (IMO: 7814838) and (IMO: 8128690) collided off the coast of India near
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
on Saturday, 7 August 2010 at around 9:50am local time. ''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
The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...
. ''Khalijia-III'' was apparently involved with another mishap on 18 July 2010.
See also
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List of oil spills
This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons, 256 Imperial gallon ...
References
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Oil spills in India
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Mumbai Oil Spill, 2010
2010 in the environment
History of Mumbai (1947–present)
2010s in Mumbai
Disasters in Maharashtra
Environment of Maharashtra