Globally, plastics are a widespread consumer product and, due to inappropriate disposal and accidental losses, are now found ubiquitously in the marine environment. Recently, however, there has been
Whether solid, liquid or gaseous in form, when chemicals are spilled they can behave in a number of different ways. It is important to understand this behaviour so that health and safety
When oil is spilled at sea it normally spreads out and moves on the sea surface with wind and current while undergoing a number of chemical and physical changes. These processes are collectively
Antigua Barbuda Defence Force Coast Guard PO Box 1572 Deepwater Harbour St. John's, Antigua Tel: +1-268 4620671 Fax: +1-268 4622842 abdfcg@candw.ag As above. The National Marine Pollution
On 26th November 2004, the oil tanker ATHOS 1 struck an abandoned submerged and uncharted anchor on the approach to the Citgo refinery dock on the Delaware River, Paulsboro, New Jersey. The anchor
Ministry of Transport and Communications P.O. Box 154 Majuro Marshall Islands, MH96960 Tel: +692-625 5269 Fax: +692-625 3486 Ministry of Resources and Development, Environmental Protection
Police Department Apia Tel: +685-22 222 (24hr) Ministry of Transport P.O. Box 1607 Apia Tel: +685-23 700/4 or +685-23 744 Fax: +685-21 990 The lead agency for marine pollution response is the
Ports Administration Queens Salote Wharf Hala Vuna Tel: + 676 24 193 Fax: + 676 23 733 Notification may also be made to: Police Department Nuku'alofa Tel: + 676 21 236 Fax: + 676 21
EXXON VALDEZ grounded on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on 24th March 1989. About 37,000 tonnes of Alaska North Slope crude escaped into the Sound and spread widely.
