Between 1980 and 1995, 14 tanker spills occurred in the Mediterranean, and each year, up to a million tons of crude oil are dumped from ships, often because harbors lack the facilities to collect waste oil or to clean tanks.
בין השנים 1980 ו ־ 1995 אירעו 14 מקרים של שפיכת נפט ממכליות בים התיכון.