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[email protected] United Kingdom Website: www.iopcfund.org 110906_Cover 2010_e.indd 1 10/03/2011 10:00 INCIDENTS 2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acknowledgements Photographs Cover Press Association Images Page 6 (Erika) Courtesy of International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) Page 12 (Prestige) Press Association Images Page 20 (No7 Kwang Min) Courtesy of Korea Marine and Oil Pollution Surveyors (KOMOS) Page 23 (Solar 1) Courtesy of ITOPF Page 26 (Volgoneft 139) Press Association Images Page 32 (Hebei Spirit) Courtesy of KOMOS Page 40 (Incident in Argentina) Press Association Images Page 54 (Vistabella) Courtesy of Timothy J. Reilly, Lighthouse Technical Consultants, Inc. for the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) Page 55 (Aegean Sea) Press Association Images Page 61 (Nissos Amorgos) Courtesy of ITOPF Pages 68 (Evoikos) Press Association Images Page 69 (Al Jaziah 1) Courtesy of ITOPF Prepress by Flag Printed by Thanet Press Limited Incidents (in chronological order) 1 Vistabella, 07.03.1991 10 No7 Kwang Min, 24.11.2005 2 Aegean Sea, 03.12.1992 11 Solar 1, 11.08.2006 3 Iliad, 09.10.1993 12 Volgoneft 139, 11.11.2007 4 Nissos Amorgos, 28.02.1997 13 Hebei Spirit, 07.12.2007 5 Evoikos, 15.10.1997 14 Incident in Argentina, 26.12.2007