ITOPF has been mobilised to give technical advice in relation to a crude oil spill off the coast of Callao, Peru, that occurred on 15th January during the discharging operations at La Pampilla
ARGO MERCHANT ran aground on Nantucket Shoals, off Massachusetts, USA, on 15th December 1976, and over the next month spilled her entire cargo (28,000 tonnes) of Venezuelan No 6 fuel oil and cutter