ITOPF spent time in China with the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration (MSA), where it hosted a workshop on responding to incidents of ship-source pollution at-sea and on shorelines.
ITOPF has announced the opening of its 2025 Research and Development (R&D) Award application window, with up to £60,000 available for short term projects and up to £40,000 for PhD projects.
In the early hours of 16th March 2011, bulk carrier OLIVA while on transit from Brazil to Singapore grounded on Nightingale Island, which is part of the Tristan da Cunha Island group in the South