CASUALTY – 40 Years Ago – AMOCO CADIZ – 16.03.1978 On 16 March 1978, the very large crude carrier (VLCC) AMOCO CADIZ lost her steering in a Force 10 storm and grounded on Portsall Rocks off the coast of Brittany, France. As she broke up, the tanker lost her entire cargo of 1.6 million barrels of crude […]
