Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Oil-Spill-Clean-up-in-Galicia-27MZIF4W4W4.htmlConceptually similarCrude Oil Spill on Beach in GaliciaGP0JEICompleted★★★★Effects of Prestige Oil Spill in MuxiaGP014FPCompleted★★★★Action against Prestige Oil Spill in GaliciaGP01EILCompleted★★★★★★★Action against Prestige Oil Spill in GaliciaGP0D86Completed★★★★★★Oil Spill Clean up on Beach in GaliciaGP017AKCompleted★★★★Oil Spill Clean up in GaliciaGP0O5Completed★★★★Oil Spill Clean up in GaliciaGP0111ICompleted★★★★Oil Spill Clean up in GaliciaGP01026Completed★★★★Oil Spill Clean up in GaliciaGP0ESGCompleted★★★★View AllGP0VPZOil Spill Clean up in GaliciaLocal people are helping to clean-up the crude oil spilled from the sunken tanker Prestige on the beach of Caion, Coru in Galicia.Locations:Galicia-Spain-Western EuropeDate:28 Nov, 2002Credit:© Greenpeace / Pedro ArmestreMaximum size:1684px X 1302pxKeywords:Beaches-Cleaning-Day-Disasters-KWCI (GPI)-Marine pollution-Oceans (campaign title)-Oil (fossil fuel)-Oil (Industry)-Oil spills-Outdoors-Small group of people-Toxics (campaign title)Shoot:Prestige Sinking Oil Spill in GaliciaThe Prestige oil spill off the coast of Galicia was caused by the sinking of an oil tanker in 2002. The spill polluted thousands of kilometers of coastline and more than one thousand beaches on the Spanish, French and Portuguese coast, as well as causing great harm to the local fishing industry. The spill is the largest environmental disaster of both Spain's history and Portugal's history. The Prestige was a Greek-operated, single-hulled oil tanker, officially registered in the Bahamas, but with a Liberian-registered single-purpose corporation as the owner.Related Collections:Prestige Oil Spill Disaster - 10th Anniversary (Photos & Video)