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Delivering our services during a pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on organisations worldwide this year. ITOPF is no exception. Despite these challenging and unprecedented times, we have continued to deliver our core technical services, albeit with some necessary adaptions to our normal working practices.
ITOPF presents at online workshop for the Mexican Navy
ITOPF participated in a virtual workshop on claims and compensation for oil spills from ships and oil platforms organised by the Mexican Navy from 6th-8th July. Angela Pinzón presented on the role of ITOPF and other claims and...
Categories: Training & Education
ITOPF supports GIWACAF online training course for The Gambia
ITOPF supported GIWACAF’s online training course for the Gambian authorities on liability and compensation for oil spill pollution, which ran from 28th – 30th June.
The objective of the course was to train the authorities on the...
Categories: Training & Education
ITOPF participates in 43rd AMOP technical seminar
ITOPF was one of the speakers at the 43rd AMOP technical seminar on environmental contamination and response organised by Environment and Climate Change Canada. This event ran virtually from 8th – 10th June 2021. Dr Angela Pinzón...
Categories: Training & Education
Incident in Sri Lanka - update
Two members of the ITOPF team are currently on-site in Sri Lanka to provide technical advice on the risk of oil pollution and loss of chemicals, plastics and other cargo from the containership X-PRESS PEARL which caught fire on 20th May.
Categories: Spill Response
ITOPF attends containership incident in Sri Lanka
ITOPF has been mobilised to Sri Lanka to provide technical advice on the loss of chemicals, plastics and other cargo from the containership X-PRESS PEARL.
ITOPF participates in IOSC 2021
ITOPF participated in the International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) 2021, which, due to the pandemic, went ahead in a virtual format from 10th-14th May 2021.
ITOPF are active supporters of IOSC and, in addition to our...
Categories: Training & Education, Information Services
ITOPF supports PEMSEA workshop on claims and compensation
ITOPF supported a virtual training workshop on claims and compensation for oil pollution from ships from 20-22 April.
ITOPF’s 2021 R&D Award funds research into the fate and effects of HNS
We are pleased to announce that the beneficiary of the 10th ITOPF R&D Award is the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) in Portugal.
New edition of Ocean Orbit published
2021 issue of ITOPF's newsletter, Ocean Orbit, now available
Categories: Publications
ITOPF presents at oiled wildlife webinar
On 2nd February, ITOPF presented at the EUROWA (European oiled wildlife response assistance) Virtual Information Session
Categories: Training & Education