| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name |
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| Owner | Polembros Shipping Ltd. |
| Port of registry | Monrovia, Liberia |
| Builder | JMU Kure Shipyard in Kure, Japan |
| In service | 1971 |
| Out of service | November 10, 1988 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7122766 |
| Fate | Sank at 52.40N, 34.41W |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Oil tanker |
Odyssey, which previously went by the name Oriental Phoenix, was an oil tanker in operation from 1971 to November 10, 1988, when an explosion caused it to sink in the North Atlantic off the coast of Canada.[1] The resulting spill remains one of the largest oil spills in world history. The tanker was 700 nautical miles (1,300 km; 810 mi) off the coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia when it sank and released 132,157 tons (43 million gallons) of oil into the ocean,[2][3] valued at some $86.7 million (2010).[4] By way of comparison, four times as much oil was spilled by the Odyssey as from the much more famous Exxon Valdez.[citation needed]
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- ^ Information Services (7 May 2010). "Data & Statistics: Accidental Marine oil Spillages Since 1970". International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF). Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ "Odyssey Oil Spill - Infogram". infogram.com. Retrieved 2023-08-17.