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ITOPF celebrates 55 years

…ITOPF celebrates 55 years

ITOPF is celebrating 55 years of providing effective spill response advice among our other key services. Find out more about our work, our people, and our history with this…

Shoreline clean-up and temporary storage

Shoreline clean-up and temporary storage

…Military personnel collecting oil following the HEBEI SPIRIT oil spill

Effects in Offshore and Coastal waters

… may be observed on the seabed. The types of organisms that are commonly impacted in an open sea spill include; plankton, fish, seabirds and marine mammals and reptiles. Plankton The upper pelagic zone…

Offshore recovery vessel

Offshore recovery vessel

A specialised recovery vessel with fixed sweeping arms deployed during the PRESTIGE response operation

Oiled mangrove shoreline

Oiled mangrove shoreline

Aerial survey of an oiled mangrove shoreline and fishing port in Cebu, Philippines

Boomed vessel in ice

Boomed vessel in ice

Boom surrounding a casualty in ice infested waters

Fate of Oil Spills

… When oil is spilled at sea it normally spreads out and moves on the sea surface with wind and current while undergoing a number of chemical and physical changes. These processes are collectively termed weathering and…

Winner 2019

…EF, 2019 R&D Award Winner A one year study to document the weathering properties and behaviour of LSFOs when spilled at sea. The winner of the 8th annual ITOPF R&D Award is the Norwegian research organisation,…

Dispersant spraying

Dispersant spraying

Application of dispersant from a multi-engined aircraft

Clean-up workers

Clean-up workers

Volunteers participating in HEBEI SPIRIT clean-up operations