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.
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.
Using case studies of oil spills ITOPF has attended in Asia, Europe and South America, this paper will discuss these key considerations in turn, and describe, through the case studies, how they were
Oil spills pose significant ecological, social, and economic consequences. The response to a spill and the effects of pollution damage can give rise potentially to high costs. The financial risk of