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
ITOPF played an active role at INTERSPILL 2018, the leading European oil spill conference and exhibition, which took place in London from 13th -15th March.
Franck Laruelle, Phil Ruck and Tim Wadsworth attended the Skagerrak Chemical Oilspill Pollution Exercise (SCOPE) 2017 in Norway from 25th to 28th September.
ITOPF facilitated a four-day workshop in the Philippines with multiple stakeholders and authorities involved in the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP).