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International Assistance: Sharing the Load or Muddying the Waters?

International Assistance: Sharing the Load or Muddying the Waters?

Despite a significant decline in major ship-sourced oil spills worldwide, these incidents continue to pose significant challenges for affected countries, impacting livelihoods and coastal ecosystems.

A case for incorporating Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) into spill response

A case for incorporating Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) into spill response

Over recent years the shipping industry has begun to discuss issues relating to sustainability, often within the framework of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). In the context of ship-source

Balancing the plastic see-saw

Balancing the plastic see-saw

Globally, plastics are a widespread consumer product and, due to inappropriate disposal and accidental losses, are now found ubiquitously in the marine environment. Recently, however, there has been

Alternative fuels: a shift in the response paradigm?

Alternative fuels: a shift in the response paradigm?

The decarbonisation of shipping has become an increasingly prominent topic, and this is due to growing regulatory pressure, a changing climate of public opinion and investors demanding a faster

Newsletter Subscription

… Download April 2025 issue (Interspill special) in PDF format (1.5MB) Download September 2024 issue in PDF format (5.63MB) Download October 2022 issue in PDF format (2005Kb) Download February…

Virgin Islands (UK)

… #3 Wailing Road, MacNamara, Tortola, VG 1110 (POC Sharleen DaBreo) Tel: 284 468 4200 Fax: 284 494 2024 bviddm@surfbvi.com The National Contingency Plan was updated in 2005 and approved by government in…

Philippines

… Plan (NOSCOP) was promulgated in 2019. However, since the PRINCESS EMPRESS (2023) and TERRANOVA (2024) incidents, the Philippine government has been reviewing oil and HNS spill contingency arrangements. A…

R&D Award

… Awards Information on the winning projects and the results achieved, including reports and papers: 2024 - NurdleTrack Developing and validating an analytical toolbox for source identification and hazard…

Sri Lanka

… amended since and is now known as the National Oil and HNS Spill Contingency Plan (NOHSCP), as of 2024. The MPPA, now known as the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA), is responsible for the…

Norway

… Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Russia, Sweden and the United States). Date of issue: March 2024 The competent authority for dealing with marine pollution involving HNS is the NCA. A national system…