The MV Sounion is still intact, but may not be for long, and should it sink it could lead to one of the largest oil spills in history ... rank among the world’s worst environmental disasters.

According to Defenders of Wildlife, a US NGO, an oil spill in Alaska's North Slope could be the largest crude oil spill since drilling began in the area 30 years ago – second in Alaska only to the ...

The cause for this tragedy was down to a major oil spill with Russian President Vladimir ... Sevastopol is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea.

Putin acknowledged the extent of the disaster and dispatched senior officials to deal with Russia’s largest oil spill in years, which has befouled some of the country’s most popular beaches.

ATHENS, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A risky operation to salvage an oil tanker attacked by Houthi militants in the Red Sea and avert what could have been one of the largest oil spills in recorded history ...