Tag: Oil Spill
Can UN Save the181 Million Litre Oil Spill?
The objective is to raise $144 million, of which $80 million will pay for offloading the vessel’s cargo of oil.
Time is of...
Shipping Majors Face $4.5bn Lawsuit Over Oil Spill
Peru’s National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) filed a civil claim against six companies for their...
Tanker Ship Collision Spilled 9,400 Tons of Oil, Says Report
According to a government report, a tanker collision off China’s east coast last April leaked about 9,400 tons of oil into the Yellow Sea...
Agencies Fail To Protect Endangered Aquatic Species From Oil
A conservation group says in a lawsuit that the U.S. government failed to protect endangered whales and other animals.
The lawsuit says the...
Fuel Recovered From Cargo Ship That Ran Aground
Oil spill response crews have been busy pumping fuel from the 1982-built cargo ship Manassa Rose M that ran aground due to bad...
Tanker Sinks, Oil Leak Reported
Product tanker sank in the evening Jan 22 in Gulf of Siam 62 nm north of Koh Samuiisland, Thailand, cause unclear, reports Maritime Bulletin.
Oil...
20-Month Jail Term for Captain and 1st Officer
In Mauritius a court sentenced the captain and first mate of the MW Wakashio.
The ship's grounding in 2020 caused the worst oil...
11 Largest & Worst Oil Spills In World History
Oil spills put our seas and oceans into trouble in a short period of time.
Oil spill disasters have been one of the...
[Watch] Possible Pollution Trail From Cargo Ship Spotted
The Icelandic Coast Guard tracked down a cargo ship that satellite images showed might be leaking oil, reports Themississippilink.
About the suspected spill
The spill, which...
[Watch] Cargo Ship Fire Continues For The 4th Day
A fire that started on a cargo ship carrying timber off Sweden's west coast on Saturday was still raging on Tuesday, authorities said,...