Kira 
- Name
- Kira
- Accident date
- 09/02/1996
- Location
- Greece
- Accident area
- off Sapientza Island
- Spill area
- Offshore
- Cause of spill
- Weather conditions
- Product transported
- phosphoric acid
- Quantity transported
- 7, 600 tonnes
- Nature of pollutant
- phosphoric acid + heavy fuel + diesel oil
- Quantity spilled
- 7,600 tonnes of phosphoric acid + 300 tonnes of heavy fuel oil + 30 tonnes of diesel oil
- Ship / structure type
- Tanker
- Built date
- 1974
- Flag
- Panamian
On 9 February 1996, the Panamanian tanker Kira was on its way from Jorf Lasfar (Morocco) to Yarimca (Turkey) when it met with very bad weather conditions off Sapientza Island (Greece). It sank with its cargo of 7,600 tonnes of phosphoric acid, 300 tonnes of heavy fuel oil and 30 tonnes of diesel oil. Despite rescue operations being carried out, the 18 crew members remained missing.
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