The final films in ITOPF’s “Response to Marine Oil Spills” series were showcased at a cinema in the iconic IFC building in Hong Kong on Wednesday evening.
Petrol Association of Japan’s (PAJ) 2022 annual workshop was held on 22 February, with ITOPF joining more than 150 attendees, tuning in from seven different nations.
ITOPF staff made a trip to Brest, France as some of its team visited Cedre’s facilities to take part in a four-day exchange of experience and theoretical and practical training.
Jessika Fuessel will be attending the joint WMU-IMO-Arctic Council International Conference on Safe and Sustainable Shipping in a Changing Arctic Environment
On 15th March 2012, STOLT VALOR carrying 13,000 tonnes of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and 1,300 tonnes of isobutylaldehyde (IBAL) as well as 430 tonnes of Intermediate Fuel Oil (IFO 380) as
On 13th November 2002, the tanker PRESTIGE (81,564 DWT), carrying a cargo of 77,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil, suffered hull damage in heavy seas off northern Spain. She broke in two on 19 November
On 26th November 2004, the oil tanker ATHOS 1 struck an abandoned submerged and uncharted anchor on the approach to the Citgo refinery dock on the Delaware River, Paulsboro, New Jersey. The anchor
This paper provides an introduction to the issues involved in responding to chemical spills and addresses the range of hazards present, the behaviour of chemicals when spilt at sea and briefly
