MT Haven

On April 11, 1991, the 334 meter long, 232,162 dwt VLCC tanker Haven suffered an explosion, caught fire and sank off the coast of Genoa, Italy.  The Haven not only became one of the largest shipwrecks in the world, but also one of the worst oil pollution incident in the Mediterranean Sea. Built in the 1973 in Cadiz, Spain as the Amoco Milford Haven, the tanker was sister ship to the Amoco Cadiz.  The tanker served delivering oil from the … Continue reading MT Haven