2010 Mumbai oil spill

The 2010 Mumbai oil spill occurred after the Panama-flagged MV MSC Chitra (IMO: 7814838) and MV Khalijia 3 (IMO: 8128690)^[3][4] collided off the coast of India near Mumbai on Saturday, 7 August 2010 at around 9:50 am local time.^[5][6] MSC Chitra, which was outbound from South Mumbai's Nava Sheva port, collided with the inbound Khalijia-III, which caused about 200 cargo containers from MSC Chitra to be thrown into the Arabian Sea. Khalijia-III was apparently involved with another mishap on 18 July 2010.^[7]

Mumbai oil spill
Location	Mumbai Harbour, Karanja Reefs, Arabian Sea
Coordinates	18.9051°N 72.8760°E / 18.9051; 72.8760
Date	7 August 2010
Cause
Cause	Ship collision involving MV MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia-III
Casualties	None
Spill characteristics
Volume	2,900 barrels (460 m3) (400 tonnes)[1] – 5,900 barrels (940 m3) (800 tonnes)[2]

See also

• List of oil spills