El Plan de Acción para el Mediterráneo - CEAB

Israel: Oil pollution is of more than local importancedue to the current system in the Levant basin and thepredominant westerly winds in that area. There have beenonly a few accidents which were of minor importance.However, when a pipeline ruptured near the coastline, greatquantities of oil were driven to the beaches.Italy: Nearly the whole coast is affected. In 1967 onethird of the coastal communities reported pollution by oilresidues from refineries or ships. Areas with a very highdegree of oil pollution are the Gulf of Genoa, La Spezia,Livorno, Rome, the Gulf of Naples, Falconara, Ravenna,Marghera and the coasts of Sicily and Sardinia. Particularlysevere effects of oil pollution have been observed in the Gulfof Trieste, caused by refineries and industrial installations inthat area.