Oil Spills Have Seen a Decreasing Trend Since the 1970’s

Amidst the vast expanse of our oceans, tragedy can also strike in the form of shipping accidents and oil spills.

Though rare, even a single incident is one too many; thankfully incidences have reduced significantly over the past decades.

From the decade of 2010 to 2019, one to two large oil spills, defined as spills over 700 tonnes, stained the seas each year.

2022 witnessed four such spills, a larger number than we’ve recently gotten used to.

Though we still have work to do to reduce these incidences, we can celebrate the fact that the number of oil spills have significantly dwindled from the alarming heights of the previous decade, when 20 large oil spills per year was not unheard of.