Date	Ship name	Place	Incident	Amount oil Leaked	Remarks
9/8/1997		Harbour approach	Vessel leaving Colombo		N/A
9/9/1997		30 miles north of Trincomalee	MV Cordiality engine room explosion.		Less than 700mt oil leakage.
30/06/1998		Colombo SPBM	Floating hose burst at sea terminal		90mt oil leakage
19/09/1998		Colombo harbour
23/08/1999	M/V Meliksah	Kirinda coast	ship wreck		Appoint a committee to access & quantify the environmental damage
31/07/2000	Silk route suppliers III	Break water area of Colombo port	Oil spill	Spread area 200m3	Not estimated
5/1/2001	Lance Malik Albert Akka	DTB	Sea pollution	Not estimated	Asked to pay for the cleaning
30/05/2001	Ruhunu putha	Mouth of the Fisheries harbour Hikkaduwa	Accident		No oil spill was recorded
9/11/2001	Ivory star ship	Near JCT terminal	Oil spill		Removed 23 barrels (1 1/4 tons)
29/11/2001		Away from Colombo port	Oil spill	oil slick	Orange colour oil slick
6/8/2002	MT Mario	1004 North 082 West of S.L.Eastern coast	Oil spill	500m tons
7/8/2002		Wellawatta	Oil spill
23/09/2002	M/V Hiderbey/ tckh (Turkey Flag ship)				No evidence about oil spill 18 crew members were rescued
11/11/2002	Hanjin Pennyslyvania		Accident - Fire on board	Not estimated	Objection of towing the subject vessel closer to S.L. (away 33 miles)
18/09/2003		Costal water off Colombo	Bloom of a marine microscopic organisms	Spread area of 1 KM band	Sample was examined
28/07/2004	M/V Setia Jaya	Galle	Accident		No visible sign
12/12/2004	M/V Spirit of Yaveh	Off foul point Trincomalee	oil spill		The vessel has 450 MT heavy
8/9/2006	M.V.Amanat Shah	9 nm away from Koggala Beach	Oil Spill	Not estimated