ITOPF has just published its annual Handbook for 2023/24. This contains a wealth of valuable information and guidance for those likely to be involved in spills of oil, chemicals or other cargo from
We had the pleasure of joining the 5th Adriatic Spill Conference and Exhibition, AdriaSpillcon in Opatija, Croatia, where Technical Team Manager, Franck Laruelle and Technical Adviser, Angela Pinzón
ITOPF has just published its annual Handbook for 2024/25. This contains a wealth of valuable information and guidance for those likely to be involved in spills of oil, chemicals or other cargo from
ITOPF joined the 2024 Seatrade Maritime Salvage & Wreck Conference last week, with Andrew Le Masurier, Dr. Amy Jewell and Marta Panero attending on behalf of the company.
On 28th May 1991, ABT SUMMER, fully laden with a cargo of 260,000 tonnes of Iranian heavy crude oil, experienced an explosion and a fire about 900 miles off the coast of Angola.
On 31st January 2006, the Marshall Islands-registered chemical tanker, ECE was on a laden voyage from Safi, Morocco to Ghent, Belgium with a cargo of 10,361 tonnes of Phosphoric Acid when she
On the 30th March 1994 the tanker BAYNUNAH collided with the tanker SEKI (153,506 GRT) off of the coast of Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) causing SEKI’s No. 1 port cargo wing tank to rupture.
On Tuesday 15th September 2009, the containership AGIOS DIMITRIOS 1 was caught in a typhoon and ran aground off Gaolan Island, close to the city of Zhuhai in Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of
On 3rd December 1992 the Greek OBO carrier AEGEAN SEA, laden with 80,000 tonnes of North Sea Brent crude oil, ran aground during heavy weather while approaching the port of La Coruña on the Galician
On 23rd December 2013, after encountering heavy weather, the chemical and product tanker SILVER grounded on a sandbank off the coast of Tan-Tan in South Morocco while entering the port of El Ouatia.
