Ships interact with the environment in which they operate in many ways. Shipping casualties provide the most visual manifestation of the interaction between ships and the marine environment,
Assessing the risk of oil spills from ships has long been of interest to the maritime industry. Many factors affect the frequency of accidental oil spills, including the amount of oil transported and
Phil Ruck has a BSc (Hons) in Physical Geography and an MSc in Environmental Technology. Phil joined ITOPF in 2016 as a Technical Adviser, was later promoted to Senior Technical Adviser, and in 2022
Responding to ship-source pollution events is one of ITOPF's key services and its role on-site varies from case-to-case, depending on many factors including the type of pollution present, whether it
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Whether solid, liquid or gaseous in form, when chemicals are spilled they can behave in a number of different ways. It is important to understand this behaviour so that health and safety
