Kaptan Manolis I 
- Name
- Kaptan Manolis I
- Accident date
- 10/01/1996
- Location
- Tunisia
- Accident area
- off Cap Bon
- Spill area
- Offshore
- Cause of spill
- Structural damage
- Product transported
- Phosphates
- Quantity transported
- 5, 000 tonnes
- Nature of pollutant
- phosphates + bunker oil
- Quantity spilled
- 5,000 tonnes of phosphates + 104 tonnes of bunker oil
- Ship / structure type
- Cargo vessel
- Built date
- 1976
- Flag
- Cypriot
On 10 January 1996, the Cypriot cargo vessel Kaptan Manolis I suffered a leak while sailing off Cap Bon (Tunisia). The ship sank with its cargo of 5,000 tonnes of phosphates and 104 tonnes of bunker oil. The crew was rescued.
Sources:
- IMO/UNEP/MAP/REMPEC, 2004, List of alerts and accidents in the Mediterranean
- HOOKE, Norman, 1997, Maritime Casualties 1963-1996, second edition, LLP Limited, Londres
External links
CIIMAR database: fate and weathering of Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) involved