… for compensation arising from spills. This usually involves assessing the reasonableness of clean-up costs and the merits of claims for damage to economic resources. In many cases, this is a natural extension…
… the losses claimed should be technically reasonable. As such, a claim should be based on the actual costs or losses incurred and should not result in an excessive level of profit to the claimant. The aim of…
This paper considers some of the effects of oil spills on a variety of coastal industries and social activities and considers measures which might reduce their impact. Given their particular
On 26th November 2004, the oil tanker ATHOS 1 struck an abandoned submerged and uncharted anchor on the approach to the Citgo refinery dock on the Delaware River, Paulsboro, New Jersey. The anchor
… determine the political and public perception of the scale of the incident, as well as the over costs. When oil does reach the shoreline, considerable effort may be required to clean the affected areas.…
We were pleased to be invited by the Indian Director General (DG) of Shipping and the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) to deliver a series of presentations as part of a
Following the sinking of the tanker PRESTIGE in the Atlantic Ocean in 2002, a consortium headed by the Spanish oil company, REPSOL, designed and implemented a system for the removal of 13,000 tonnes
