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… July 1979, two fully loaded VLCCs (very large crude carriers), the ATLANTIC EMPRESS and AEGEAN CAPTAIN, were involved in a collision approximately 10 miles off Tobago during a tropical rainstorm. Both vessels began…

… en route to Bilbao with a cargo of steel plates, the 6,577 GT general cargo ship FLINTERSTAR was involved in a collision with the 136,685 GT LNG carrier AL ORAIQ approximately six nautical miles off the…

ITOPF contributes to Effect of Oil on Wildlife Conference in Cape Town, South Africa

…On 10th October 2005, the chemical tanker SAMHO BROTHER was involved in a collision with the container vessel TS HONGKONG, 9 nm North West of Hsinchu, Taiwan. SAMHO BROTHER was carrying a cargo of 3,136 tonnes of…

…In April 2007 the 1500 passenger cruise ship SEA DIAMOND was involved in a tragic incident which resulted in the loss of two lives and the sinking of the vessel near the Greek island of Santorini.

Transpetro and ITOPF held a joint seminar in Rio de Janeiro on oil spill and shipping industry preparedness

Containers from MSC CHITRA washed up on a beach, Mumbai, India

…More than 100 attendees involved in the marine pollution response industry came together for the UK National Contingency Plan exercise, which took place in Fareham as the plan was put through a mock pollution incident…

Ten oil spills of more than seven tonnes were recorded from tanker incidents in 2024, the same number as in 2023.