2009 Lüderitz oil spill

The 2009 Lüderitz oil spill began in April 2009 off the coast of Lüderitz, Namibia. The oil spill directly affected 171 African penguins, with many more possibly threatened. The oil spill is in the area where the fishing trawler Meob Bay sank in June 2002, killing 19 seamen. The boat sank after a rope got caught in the propeller, which then detached causing water to flood into the engine room. However, an inspection of the site where the vessel had sunk showed that the wreck was not the source of the oil; the source of the spill could not be found but is thought to be bunker oil that was released by a large vessel passing through Namibian waters. In terms of wildlife affected, it was the largest spill in Namibian history according to local residents of Lüderitz.Oil spill hits Lüderitz https://web.archive.org/web/20110607185021/http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2009/april/article/oil-spill-hits-luederitz/ 2011-06-07 The Namibian, 21 April 2009Namibia: Oil Slicks - a Common Occurrence in Namibia http://allafrica.com/stories/201502261389.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151119090417/http://allafrica.com/stories/201502261389.html 2015-11-19 2025-06-21 allAfrica.com en References 26 11 S 14 58 E region:NA_type:event_dim:200000 title 2. Oil Spill at Coast of Namibia causes Ecological Disaster https://web.archive.org/web/20220220134018/https://ecoterra.info/index.php/en/3369-oil-spill-at-coast-of-namibia-causes-ecological-disaster 2022-02-20 Category:Oil spills in Africa Luderitz Oil Spill, 2009 Category:Lüderitz Category:2009 industrial disasters Category:Man-made disasters in Namibia Category:2009 in the environment Category:Maritime incidents in 2009 Category:Shipwrecks of Namibia Category:2009 disasters in Africa Category:21st-century disasters in Namibia