Odyssey (tanker)

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The Odyssey was a Liberian oil tanker, which broke out on 10 November 1988 at the Atlantic in two and sank with its cargo of 130,000 tons of crude oil.

History

The ship was in November 1988 on a trip from Sullom Voe in the Shetland Islands to Come By Chance, Newfoundland. The tanker transporting a nearly full boatload of 132 157 tonnes of crude oil of North Sea North Sea Brent crude, which should be processed in the Come -by -Chance refinery. On November 10, the ship broke, still about 700 miles off Newfoundland, during bad weather sank in the North Atlantic in two parts and. The sinking stern came here on fire and ignited the resulting oil slick around the ship.

Due to the heavy seas and weather conditions did not succeed in the Canadian Coast Guard to get closer than 1.75 nautical miles to the burning ship. Due to the distance of the oil spilled from 700 nautical miles to the nearest coast no measures were taken to control oil, as was expected, which would dissolve the oil in a natural way. The crew of 27 men did not survive the sinking.