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Portable vacuum system
Portable vacuum systems being used on beaches affected by the HEBEI SPIRIT oil spill
Categories: Asia, Response Techniques, Containment & Recovery
Drum skimmer in operation
Mechanical drum skimmer
Categories: Americas, Response Techniques, Containment & Recovery
Belt skimmer in operation
A belt skimmer on a large recovery vessel
Categories: Norway, Europe, Response Techniques, Containment & Recovery
High volume low pressure flushing
Flushing oil from a riverbank in Argentina
Categories: Americas, Response Techniques
Oiled Mangrove
An oiled mangrove following a spill in the Philippines, August 2008. Oil smothers the mangrove's root systems preventing the exchange of gases and leading to asphyxiation.
Categories: Philippines, Environmental effects
Aerial surveillance
Surveying the site of an oil spill from the air
Categories: Tanker, Planning & operations
Cleaning oiled fishing boats
Cleaning oil stains from the hulls of vessels
Categories: Asia, Economic effects
Oiled mangrove shoreline
Aerial survey of an oiled mangrove shoreline and fishing port in Cebu, Philippines
Categories: Asia, Environmental effects
Grounding in remote location
Reefer aground off a remote island in Papua New Guinea