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In Pakistan first ever major oil spill hit the Karachi coast on 27th July 2003 when a twenty-four years old Greek oil tanker “Tasman Spirit” ran aground near the Karachi harbour. It was carrying more than 67,532 tons of crude oil.
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Abbas, Q., Qari, R., Khan, F. (2013). Biochemical Composition of Seaweeds after the Influence of Oil Spill from ‘Tasman Spirit’ at the Coast of Karachi. In: Sundaresan, J., Sreekesh, S., Ramanathan, A., Sonnenschein, L., Boojh, R. (eds) Climate Change and Island and Coastal Vulnerability. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6016-5_10
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