… and the IOPC Funds on a wide range of cases. In addition to spill response work he has been involved in courses, seminars and workshops on behalf of ITOPF for government agencies, shipping companies,…
On 12th May 1976 the tanker URQUIOLA struck bottom on entering the port of La Coruña and began leaking oil. It was estimated that 100,000 tonnes of Arabian Light crude oil was spilt during this
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
… operational spills have occurred in port. Two tankers PETRAGEN ONE and CAMPONAVIA (1995) were involved in a fire and explosion at the San Roque Refinery in Algeciras, Spain. The incident resulted in the…
… Disaster Management Plan (NDMP). The Plan identifies resources at risk, assesses the level of risk involved, and provides guidelines for shoreline clean-up depending on the type of shoreline contaminated. It…
Whilst leaving the port of San Francisco in thick fog on 7th November 2007, laden container vessel COSCO BUSAN allided with a pier of the Oakland Bay Bridge causing a tear in the vessel’s hull in the
Two members of the ITOPF team are currently on-site in Sri Lanka to provide technical advice on the risk of oil pollution and loss of chemicals, plastics and other cargo from the containership
… has agreed to provide the first tier response, and tier 2 and 3 response if one of their tankers is involved. In other situations, assistance would be sought from the UK and adjacent Caribbean island…
… duties for the whole operation from initial action to the conduct of shoreline clean-up. Agencies involved include the local Federal Waterways and Shipping Board, fire fighters and disaster relief corps…
