ITOPF participated in a national workshop in Turkmenistan organised by the IMO and hosted by the State Administration on Supervision of Navigation in Turkmenistan under the State Service of Maritime
On 11th August 2006, the tanker SOLAR 1, chartered by Petron Corporation and carrying approximately 2,000 tonnes of intermediate fuel oil, encountered problems in rough seas and sank in the Guimaras
It is often observed after large oil spills that there is pressure to review and change the oil spill prevention and emergency response system. In recent years this was true following the SEA EMPRESS
ITOPF spent a week in Malaysia carrying out a pollution response claims and compensation workshop alongside the IOPC Funds, International Group of P&I Clubs for the Department of Environment (DOE),
Miguel Patel and Duarte Soares spent a fortnight in Brazil in October supporting events organised by the Norwegian Oil Spill Control Association (NOSCA) and the Brazilian government.
The NAKHODKA and ERIKA oil spills in Japan and France, respectively, have once again focused the attention of politicians, regulators, the media and claimants on the potentially high cost of such
