A list of the shipname, year, location and oil loss of the oil spills according to year. There's also a worldmap to show the exact location of each oil spill.
| Name of ship | Year | Location of oil spill | Oil loss (tonnes) | |
| 1. | Torrey Canyon | 1967 | Scilly Isles, UK | 119,000 |
| 2. | Wafra | 1971 | Cape Agulhas, South Africa | 40,000 |
| 3. | Metula | 1974 | Magellan Straits, Chile | 50,000 |
| 4. | Jakob Maersk | 1975 | Oporto, Portugal | 88,000 |
| 5. | Urquiola | 1976 | La Coruna, Spain | 100,000 |
| 6. | Hawaiian Patriot | 1977 | 345 miles (555 km) off Honolulu | 95,000 |
| 7. | Amoco Cadiz | 1978 | off Brittany, France | 223,000 |
| 8. | Atlantic Empress | 1979 | off Tobago, West Indies | 287,000 |
| 9. | Independenta | 1979 | Bosphorus, Turkey | 95,000 |
| 10. | Castillo de Bellver | 1983 | off Saldanha Bay, South Africa | 252,000 |
| 11. | Assimi | 1983 | 63 miles (102 km) off Muscat, Oman | 53,000 |
| 12. | Odyssey | 1988 | 805 miles (1300 km) off Nova Scotia, Canada | 132,000 |
| 13. | Khark 5 | 1989 | 138 miles (123 km) off Atlantic coast, Morocco | 80,000 |
| 14. | Exxon Valdez | 1989 | Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA | 37,000 |
| 15. | ATB Summer | 1991 | 805 miles (1300km) off Angola | 260,000 |
| 16. | Haven | 1991 | Genoa, Italy | 144,000 |
| 17. | Aegean Sea | 1992 | La Coruna, Spain | 74,000 |
| 18. | Katina P. | 1992 | off Maputo, Mozambique | 72,000 |
| 19. | Braer | 1993 | Shetland Islands, UK | 85,000 |
| 20. | Sea Empress | 1996 | Milford Haven, UK | 72,000 |
| 21. | Erika | 1999 | Bay of Biscay, France | 30,000 |
| 22. | Treasure | 2000 | off the coast of South Africa | exact amount unknown as yet |
| 1. | Atlantic Empress | 11. | Jakob Maersk |
| 2. | ABT Summer | 12. | Braer |
| 3. | Castillo de Bellver | 13. | Khark 5 |
| 4. | Amoco Cadiz | 14. | Aegean Sea |
| 5. | Haven | 15. | Sea Empress |
| 6. | Odyssey | 16. | Katina P. |
| 7. | Torrey Canyon | 17. | Assmi |
| 8. | Urquiola | 18. | Metula |
| 9. | Hawaiian Patriot | 19. | Wafra |
| 10. | Independenta | 20. | Exxon Valdez |
Information and map on this page are derived from that on the ITOPF website
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