There were a total of ** oil tanker spills worldwide in 2024. *** incidents had a release volume of more than 700 metric tons. In the last two decades, the amount of oil leaked by tanker spills generally declined, although 2018 stood out as an unusually perilous year for oil shipping. In 2018, the Sanchi tanker collision resulted in the death of all crew members, and spilled a quantity of ** metric tons of condensate, polluting the East China Sea.
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