Julius Schindler 
- Name
- Julius Schindler
- Accident date
- 11/02/1969
- Location
- Portugal
- Accident area
- port of Punta Delgada, Azores
- Spill area
- Port/harbour
- Cause of spill
- Unknown
- Nature of pollutant
- fuel oil
- Quantity spilled
- 9, 000 tonnes
- Ship / structure type
- Oil tanker
- Built date
- 1955
- Flag
- West German
On 11 February 1969, the West German oil tanker Julius Schindler caused an oil spill in the port of Punta Delgada in the Azores Islands (Portugal), spilling 9,000 tonnes of fuel oil.
Sources:
- Marine pollution control division, Portuguese Navy
- Banque de données sur les accidents de navire ayant provoqué un déversement de pétrole en mer supérieur à 500 tonnes - Volume I - 1955-1969, Janvier 1979, Institut Français du Pétrole