ITOPF supported the IMO and SACEP at a regional workshop under an agreement for ‘Enhancing Regional Cooperation Mechanisms on Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response in the SACEP Region’
ITOPF attended an Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Oil Spill Contingency Plan (The ASEAN Secretariat ROSCP) workshop in Klang, Malaysia.
ITOPF spent time in Japan visiting several maritime industry and government stakeholders to deliver workshops and seminars on responding to ship source pollution events.
This paper provides an overview of the use and limitations of dispersants on floating oil, as one of a range of options available for response to ship-source marine oil spills.