As part of our continued outreach programme, we visited the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmo, Sweden to deliver training exercises and presentations to Masters students.
ITOPF facilitated a four-day workshop in the Philippines with multiple stakeholders and authorities involved in the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP).
ITOPF contributed to the South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) Symposium last month in collaboration with Cefas and JNCC, as part of the Ocean Country Partnership Programme, alongside
ITOPF will be participating in EcoCanal 2015, the annual exercise jointly organised by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and the US National Response Team (NRT)
On 23rd January 2010, two barges and their towing vessel DIXIE VENGENCE, collided with the Singapore flagged oil tanker EAGLE OTOME, in the Sabine Neches waterway in Port Arthur, Texas. The collision
On 5th October 2011, containership RENA ran aground on Astrolabe Reef, 12nm offshore from Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. The vessel was en-route from Napier to Tauranga carrying 1,368
This paper considers many of the situations encountered in a response to ship-source pollution and explains how effective leadership, command and management can maximise the success of response
The Maltese tanker ERIKA, carrying some 31,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil as cargo, broke in two in a severe storm in the Bay of Biscay on 12th December 1999, 60 miles from the coast of Brittany. All
