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2010 Mumbai oil spill

Field	Value
spill_name	Mumbai oil spill
spill_date	7 August 2010
location	Mumbai Harbour, Karanja Reefs, Arabian Sea
coordinates
cause	Ship collision involving MV MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia-III
casualties	None
volume	2900 oilbbl (400 tonnes) – 5900 oilbbl (800 tonnes)

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 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. Khalijia-III was apparently involved with another mishap on 18 July 2010.

References

NDTV correspondent. (9 August 2010). "Oil leak off Mumbai coast has stopped: Coast Guard sources". NDTV.
Sukhada Tatke. (15 January 2011). "Oil spill damage to soil irreversible: Report". [[The Times of India]].
J Dey. (8 August 2010). "Ships collide near Mumbai". MiD DAY Infomedia Ltd..
"Khalijia 3 - VesselTracker".
(9 August 2010). "Efforts on to check oil spill, Chavan undertakes aerial survey". Deccan Chronicle.
PTI, Mumbai. (9 August 2010). "Mumbai oil spill continues, 300 containers tumbled into water so far". [[The Times of India]].
Naik, Yogesh. (8 August 2010). "Major oil spill fears as ships collide off Mumbai coast". [[The Times of India]].

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