Grace joined ITOPF in September 2025 as a Team Coordinator, with a focus on external events and travel. She is responsible for supporting companywide functions and travel, organising company events…
Oil spill response readiness and preparedness in the Baltic Sea and Finland was the first topic of conversation during the MARISEC 2025 Seminar in Kotka, Finland, where ITOPF joined to engage in…
ITOPF's seminar, held in Hong Kong in September, provided an overview of these factors, and outlined steps taken to address challenges raised by oil, chemical and plastic pellet responses. Experience…
To bolster response readiness in the Pacific, the Pacific Symposium co-hosted by the The Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji-(MSAF), the UK Government’s Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP), and…
Responding effectively to spills of pollutants at-sea and on the shoreline requires careful planning and clear collaboration between involved parties. OceanPact Serviços Marítimos in partnership with…
Those affected by ship-source pollution incidents can make claims against economic losses they have experienced, and the submitting, processing, and handling of these claims is a vital step in…
Stolt Tankers, a leading operator of deep-sea and regional chemical tankers, invited the ITOPF team aboard the Stolt Creativity while at anchor in Singapore.
ITOPF embarked on a tour of maritime stakeholders in Central America as part of a series of training sessions and workshops on responding to ship-source pollution incidents in partnership with the…
A recent challenge for the shipping industry is the growing problem of plastic pellet spills. Plastic pellets, also known as nurdles, are typically the size of a lentil and the building blocks…
