Afran Zodiac 
- Name
- Afran Zodiac
- Accident date
- 11/01/1975
- Location
- Ireland
- Accident area
- Bantry Bay
- Spill area
- Port/harbour
- Cause of spill
- Collision
- Nature of pollutant
- heavy fuel oil (Bunker C)
- Quantity spilled
- 500 tonnes
- Ship / structure type
- Oil tanker
- Built date
- 1973
- Flag
- Liberian
On 11 January 1975, the Liberian tanker the Afran Zodiac collided with a tug in Bantry Bay next to the oil terminal. 4 km of shoreline were polluted by the thick slick (1 cm and thicker).
Response teams sprayed dispersants on the oil slicks. The response operations were coordinated by helicopter.
Source:
- IFP, Banques de données sur les accidents de navire ayant provoqué un déversement de pétrole en mer supérieur à 500 tonnes, 1975-1979, Ref. 26 714, January 1979.