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… Sea Empress in February 1996 followed the wrecks of the Braer in January 1993 (84,700 tonnes of oil spilled) and the Torrey Canyon in March, 1967 (119,000 tonnes). Volume of oil lost, however, is not…

ITOPF will be attending IOSC 2020

Richard Johnson was one of the key speakers at the Petroleum Association of Japan's (PAJ) annual symposium in Tokyo

…ITOPF was one of the supporters of ADRIASPILLCON 2016

…Lowest number of spills recorded in half a century

… August to provide on-site technical advice and help coordinate clean-up efforts following the oil spill from the grounded bulk carrier, WAKASHIO.

…mains on-site in Mauritius to provide technical advice and help coordinate clean-up efforts following the oil spill from the grounded bulk carrier, WAKASHIO.

…ITOPF has been mobilised to give technical advice in relation to a crude oil spill off the coast of Callao, Peru, that occurred on 15th January during the discharging operations at La Pampilla Terminal.

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

In this paper we review the use and misuse of SCAT in several recent smallscale incidents and discuss the implications for the wider implementation of SCAT moving forward.