The product tanker BOW JUBAIL in ballast, made contact with a jetty and spilled approximately 217 tonnes of bunker Heavy Fuel Oil whilst berthing at the Port of Rotterdam.
On 14 June 2024, the hopper dredger VOX MAXIMA lost control, colliding with tanker MARINE HONOUR while the latter was conducting bunker operations alongside container vessel EVER BLINK at Singapore’s
Regular training and exercises carried out before incidents occur help to bolster the readiness and preparation for when they do. ITOPF had the opportunity to assist the delivery of a joint workshop
The Maltese tanker ERIKA, carrying some 31,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil as cargo, broke in two in a severe storm in the Bay of Biscay on 12th December 1999, 60 miles from the coast of Brittany. All
