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the same quantities (between 4.000 and 6.000 tonnes), while less than 100 tonnes was spilled in the Adriatic, according to the information made available to REMPEC. The most common type of accident leading to a spill is a failure during cargo operations, and in most cases these incidents lead to small spills. Other types of accidents, in order of frequency, are: collisions/contacts, groundings, sinkings, and, finally, fires/ explosions. In addition, a wide range of infrequent accident types are reported, including pipeline leaks.

the fire and explosions on the MT Haven in 1991, sinking in the Gulf of Genoa and spilling 20 % of its 145.500 tonnes of crude oil into Italian waters. The Haven spill contaminated the Ligurian coastline as well as the coastlines of Monaco and France, as far west as Toulon. The Eastern Mediterranean accounts for two-thirds of the total quantity spilled in the last decade. If the Lebanese spill of 2006 is taken out of the calculations, theWestern Mediterranean, Cen- tral Mediterranean, and Eastern Mediterranean spilled roughly

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