3. Prestige oil spill
1. MV Prestige was an oil tanker owned by a Greek company based in Liberia.
In November 2002 carrying 77,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil sank about 250
km from the coast of Galicia.
2. The oil spill polluted all the coastline in Portugal,northen Spain and eastern
France.It also affected the fishing industry.
3. The cost of this disaster was around 12,000 US dolars which it the third most
expensive disaster after the desintegration of Columbia and Chernobyl.
4. Many volunteers all around the world helped to clean all the coastline of
Spain,France and Portugal.
