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Weighing up the risks and costs (removal of oil and chemicals from sunken wrecks) (2009)

Weighing up the risks and costs (removal of oil and chemicals from sunken wrecks) (2009)

Almost one in every five incidents attended by ITOPF in the last five years has involved sunken wrecks and the removal of oil or chemicals from below the sea surface or at least consideration of the…

The Sea Empress oil spill in context (1998)

The Sea Empress oil spill in context (1998)

The grounding of the 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…

The Sea Empress oil spill: Environmental impact and recovery (1999)

The Sea Empress oil spill: Environmental impact and recovery (1999)

72.000 tonnes of light crude oil were released from the Sea Empress at the entrance to Milford Haven, South Wales over a 7 day period in February 1996, in an area of exceptional environmental value…

Recovery of sunken oil in the Sea of Marmara (2002)

Recovery of sunken oil in the Sea of Marmara (2002)

During a storm on 29 December 1999 the Russian tanker VOLGONEFT 248 broke in two in the Sea of Marmara, off Istanbul, Turkey and spilled 1,578 tonnes of Heavy Fuel Oil. Most of the oil was cast…

The EVOIKOS and PONTOON 300 incidents - the Technical Adviser's perspective (1998)

The EVOIKOS and PONTOON 300 incidents - the Technical Adviser's perspective (1998)

The oil spills from the tanker EVOIKOS off Singapore and the barge PONTOON 300 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were major incidents which severely tested response arrangements in the two countries.

Recent activities of ITOPF, the AMORGOS incident and considerations of NEBA (2002)

Recent activities of ITOPF, the AMORGOS incident and considerations of NEBA (2002)

Learning from previous oil spill experiences is very important if predictions are to be made about the possible outcomes of following a particular response strategy in the aftermath of a new…

Evaluation of the response by specialised foreign vessels to the release of oil from PRESTIGE (2005)

Evaluation of the response by specialised foreign vessels to the release of oil from PRESTIGE (2005)

Following the spill of oil from PRESTIGE, Spain and Portugal called for resources to assist in the response. Over the following month, a major fleet was assembled with sixteen vessels from eight…

Taiwan

Environmental Protection Administration Water Quality Protection Department Division No. 4 No.83, Sec. 1, Zhonghua Road Zhongjheng District, 100 Taipei Tel: +886-2-23117722/2840/1/2/3/2887 (Chief)…

The removal of oil from sunken vessels including SOLAR 1 - some technical considerations (2007)

The removal of oil from sunken vessels including SOLAR 1 - some technical considerations (2007)

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…

Sunken oil and the removal of oil from sunken wrecks (2008)

Sunken oil and the removal of oil from sunken wrecks (2008)

Following the technical triumph of removing most of the oil from the sunken wreck of the PRESTIGE, interest and expectations have been raised in equal measure.