tanker spill
Cargo ship disaster
A tanker spill is the accidental release of cargo—typically oil or chemicals—from a tanker ship or truck.
The term usually evokes large-scale environmental disasters when oil tankers run aground or collide: The tanker spill contaminated miles of coastline.
Cleanup efforts after major tanker spills can take years and cost billions.
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
- tar ballsWeathered petroleum chunks
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
ocean · pollution · coastline · dead fish · sea birds · cleanup · disaster · environmental disaster · seabirds · contamination · vessel · cargo · hull · double hull · breach · environmental · blackened · toxic
- oil spillsoil slick, tar balls, oil boom, oil booms, skimmer
- toxic spillstoxic leak, ammonia leak, chlorine leak, pipeline leak, radiation leak
- water pollutionsewage, industrial waste, contaminants, algal bloom, toxic waste
- industrial accidentsindustrial accident, explosion, factory fire, mine explosion, mine disaster
tanker spillenvironmental cleanup
Restoring polluted areas
ocean cleanup · marine conservation · ecological restoration · ecosystem restoration · pollution prevention
tanker, spill, tank, tanks, tanked, tanking, spills, spilled, spilling