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Tanker accident in the English Channel

Type of Event:

Accident

Location of Event:

English Channel

Date of Charter Activation:

03/02/2006

Charter Requestor:

European Commission Civil Protection Unit

Project Management:

ESA

 

Description of Event

Following an accident with another ship, the chemical tanker "Ece", with 10,316 tonnes of phosphoric acid as cargo, and around 85 tonnes of diesel, sank in the English Channel, about 30 miles northwest of Guernsey.

 





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