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ITOPF celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gala dinner at the historic Drapers’ Hall in the City of London.

Exhibition to mark 50 years of government and industry working together to address the risk of oil pollution from ships.

The grounding of the Sea Empress in February 1996 followed the wrecks of the Braer in January 1993 (84,700 tonnes of oil spilled) and the Torrey Canyon in March, 1967 (119,000 tonnes). Volume of oil

The concept of persistence in relation to oil spills probably originated after the Torrey Canyon incident in 1967. This is when discussions first arose regarding various new measures to protect the

Over the last half century, particularly since the critical TORREY CANYON incident of 1967, the most noteworthy change has been the dramatic decline in the number of major tanker spills from an

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).

Nicky Cariglia attended a workshop in Manila to to assist and support the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in the revision of their National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Dr Tim Lunel and Rose Ying of ITOPF visited Shenzhen MSA and a number of other organisations in China

Summary of the joint OSRL/ITOPF seminar held in Mumbai on 29th January 2015

ITOPF takes part in an oil spill response exercise organised by the Norwegian Coastal Administration