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{{Short description|Oil tanker}}
'''''Tasman Spirit''''' was a Greek registered [[oil tanker]].  The tanker was launched in February 1979 and was formerly called ''Mabini'' and ''Kenko''.

== ''Tasman Spirit'' oil spill ==
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On July 27, 2003, she ran aground near the city of [[Karachi]] whilst on approach to the [[Port of Karachi]]. Over the next few days more than 33,000 tons of oil spilled into the [[Arabian Sea]] in what is considered by some to be the largest [[environmental disaster]] in [[Pakistan]]'s history.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-26|title=Karachi port plans to remove fuel from stranded ship|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2312238/karachi-port-plans-to-remove-fuel-from-stranded-ship|access-date=2021-08-18|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> Cracks began to appear on the ship's hull on August 13 and the ship began to break up. By August 17, the ship had split into two, releasing some 12,000 tons of its light crude oil cargo into the Arabian Sea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shipwrecklog.com/log/history/tasman-spirit/|title=Tasman Spirit|date=2014-09-26|website=Shipwreck Log|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref> According to the [[IUCN]] 16 kilometres of coastline has been polluted.

The ship's insurer offered 10 million rupees (about $180,000 [[US dollar]]s in 2003) in compensation to the Karachi port authorities, and agreed to pay all cleaning expenses.

==References==
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*{{cite news|publisher=BBC|title=Pakistan tackles huge oil spill|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3153071.stm|date=August 15, 2003|access-date=2007-10-29}}
*{{cite news|publisher=Daily Times (Pakistan)|title=Editorial: A tragic but avoidable disaster|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_16-8-2003_pg3_1|date=August 16, 2003|accessdate=2007-10-29}}
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110720161903/http://coordination-maree-noire.eu/spip.php?rubrique140&lang=en    Tasman Spirit oil spill ]}} collection of articles at Coordination marée noire
*{{cite web|url=http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/crisis/tasmin/index.cfm |publisher=World Wildlife Fund |title=Stricken tanker, Tasman Spirit, spills 33,000 tons of crude oil into the sea off the Karachi coast |date=July 28, 2003 |accessdate=2007-10-29 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025024311/http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/crisis/tasmin/index.cfm |archivedate=October 25, 2007 |url-status=dead }}
*https://web.archive.org/web/20041118141048/http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en35669&F_catID=&f_type=source

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[[Category:Oil spills in Asia]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 2003]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Oil tankers]]
[[Category:History of Sindh (1947–present)]]
[[Category:1979 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in Japan]]


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