Infiniti
07/31/1995
Caribbean Sea
The incident
During summer 1995, the cargo ship Infiniti grounded on a coral reef near Curacao Island in the Caribbean Sea. 400 tonnes of rice were spilled and rotted slowly on corals living close to the accident area.
Source:
- MAMACA Emina, GIRIN Michel, LE FLOCH Stéphane and EL ZIR Rawad, 2009, Review of chemical spills at sea and lessons learnt, Interspill conference 2009
Shipwreck zoneNorth Sea
Spill areaCoastal zone
Accident causeUnknown
Pollutant descriptionrice
Quantity spilled400 tonnes
Vessel typeCargo ship