Ibsa I and Ibsa II
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Following a sabotage operation led by a whale protection group, Ibsa I and Ibsa II went on fire and sank in the port of Vigo in Galicia. The sabotaged vessels released 143 tonnes of bunker fuel into the port.
The whaler Ibsa II after the sabotage
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Source:
Name: Ibsa I and Ibsa II
Date: 27 April 1980
Location: Spain
Accident area: Vigo, Galicia
Cause of spill: sabotage
Type of pollutant: bunker fuel
Quantity spilled: 143 tonnes
Ship type: whaler
Flag: Spanish
Last update: May 2011
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