MSC Ilona
The container ship MSC Ilona, en route from Shenzhen to Shanghai,
was hit by the Panamanian container ship Hyundai Advance, damaging
her machine room. She lost 450 tonnes of bunker fuel at the mouth
of Pearl River. Response operations were oragnised and significant
damage was feared in what was the biggest oil spill ever to occur
in Chinese waters.
Name: MSC Ilona
Date: 7 December 2004
Location: China
Accident area: Pearl River, Guangdong
Cause of spill: collision
Type of pollutant: bunker fuel
Quantity spilled: 450 tonnes
Ship type: container ship
Flag: German
Owner: MSC
Last update: April 2006