The Maltese tanker ERIKA, carrying some 31,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil as cargo, broke in two in a severe storm in the Bay of Biscay on 12th December 1999, 60 miles from the coast of Brittany. All
ITOPF spent time in Malaysia hosting a workshop with the Department of Environment (DOE) to deliver training on using the Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS).
This paper discusses the considerations for the use of UAVs at future oil spill incidents, based on its experience with other parties who have used the technology on site over a three year period,
