SS Atlantic Empress

The Atlantic Empress was a ship was involved in the two large oil spills. One page lists it as the source of the fourth largest oil spill on record according to [1], which lists a source as [2]. According to [3] it was the largest oil spill.

According to the Modern Marvels show titled Engineering Disasters 14, (2004) it was the largest oil spill on record, it collided with the Aegean Captain, off Trinidad and Tobago, on July 19, 1979 it spilled 287,000 metric tons of oil. This page Oil Spills and Disasters describes the events as 'the Atlantic Empress and the Aegean Captain collided, spilling 46 million gallons of crude. While being towed, the Atlantic Empress spilled an additional 41 million gallons (all together being 276,00 tonnes of crude oil) off Barbados on Aug. 2. This page Largest Oil Spill Table which lists spills of more than 10 million gallons, it lists the Atlantic Empress as being the source of two of the largest spills in the table, as described above.

In comparison, the Exxon Valdez spilled 37,000 metric tons of oil, ten years later.