MT Haven
CRUDE OIL CARRIER THAT SANK OFF THE COAST OF GENOA, ITALY IN 1991
Haven Tanker; Haven Tanker disaster; Amoco Haven tanker disaster; Haven (tanker); M/T Haven; Amoco Milford Haven; IMO 7304302
MT Haven, formerly Amoco Milford Haven, was a VLCC (very large crude carrier), leased to Troodos Shipping (a company run by Loucas Haji-Ioannou and his son Stelios Haji-Ioannou). In 1991, while loaded with 144,000 tonnes (1 million barrels) of crude oil, the ship exploded, caught fire and sank off the coast of Genoa, Italy, killing six Cypriot crew and flooding the Mediterranean with up to 50,000 tonnes of crude oil.