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
ALIVE, 2026 winner The beneficiary of the 2026 ITOPF R&D Award is the ALIVE project: Arctic Life Impact Vulnerability Evaluation – Ecotoxicology of Contaminants in Arctic Char Across Polar
On 14 June 2024, the hopper dredger VOX MAXIMA lost control, colliding with tanker MARINE HONOUR while the latter was conducting bunker operations alongside container vessel EVER BLINK at Singapore’s
ITOPF has announced the recipient of its 2025 Research and Development (R&D) Award as the PhD doctoral research project ALIVE (Arctic Life Impact Vulnerability Evaluation). This marked the first time
Franck joined ITOPF in 2006, he has a degree in Oceanography and a PhD in marine biology. His doctoral research compared the reproductive strategies of commercially important clam species. Franck has
SLAM, 2013 R&D Award Winner Development of a novel 'back-pack' system to track rehabilitated oiled birds without compromising their well-being. Swansea Laboratory for Animal Movement (SLAM) is
