The general cargo carrier FU PING YUAN was anchored at the Pukjangjaseo anchorage off Incheon Port, Republic of Korea, when she was involved in a collision with MV CS CRANE on 15th June 2010. The
On the 30th March 1994 the tanker BAYNUNAH collided with the tanker SEKI (153,506 GRT) off of the coast of Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) causing SEKI’s No. 1 port cargo wing tank to rupture.
Early in the morning of 19th December 1989, Iranian tanker KHARK 5, carrying 280,000 tonnes of Iranian heavy crude oil, was damaged in a storm, exploded and caught fire approximately 150 nautical
Amy Stephenson joined ITOPF in January 2025, after supporting the company in a temporary basis for 12 months. Amy has a Bachelor of Business (majoring in Human Resources) and has previously worked in
The 3rd vessel in Sovcomflot’s (SCF) series of the world’s first LNG powered Aframax tankers was named at a ceremony held in Mokpo, S. Korea on 20th November
This paper examines the trends in costs associated with the various low technology shoreline clean-up methods that were used in the response to the SEA EMPRESS incident, by drawing on information
ExpOS'D, 2018 R&D Award Winner A one-year study to investigate the fate and behaviour of an oil slick subject to different dispersion mechanisms. The winner of the 7th ITOPF R&D Award is
We are pleased to announce that the beneficiary of the 7th annual ITOPF R&D Award is ExpOS’D (Experimental Oil Spill Data-sharing), a research project led by the NHL Stenden University of Applied
ITOPF is delighted to announce that the final report of the 2022 ITOPF R&D Award winning project: Photomodification Of Low sulfur fuel oils: Investigations of Toxic Effects (POLITE), produced by
