Tag: Oil Spill
Oil-cleanup Equipment & Regulations Need Fixing
The seas had turned rough as a sudden squall whipped up the winds enough to howl through the rigging. And with those winds came...
Abandoned Oil Tanker Sinks, Spills Out Fuel
An abandoned oil tanker has sunk off Yemen's southern coast spilling out fuel into the Gulf of Aden and along the shores of...
Ships Collide Causing Damages And Hydraulic Oil Spill
A containership collided with a bulk carrier on July 11, in the Strait of Malacca, resulting in major damages and an oil spill, reports...
Swimmers Warned About Oil Spill From Cargo Vessel Wreckage
Health officials warned swimmers and fishermen to be on the lookout for oil sheens off two Georgia islands after oil spilled from an overturned...
Containership Detained for 2,000 Litres of Heavy Crude Oil Spill
Container ship CSS Wind has been detained pending the payment of costs incurred for the cleanup of an oil spill from one of its...
Monsoon Hinders Wreck Removal of Sunken Ship
The removal of the X-Press Pearl’s wreck from the seabed off Colombo, Sri Lanka, will start once the South Westerly Monsoon season ends, reports...
Oil Spill That Caused The Largest Marine Life Loss Ever
Oil spill, which claimed the title of the worst environmental tanker disaster when it turned the sea black in, the sinking of...
[Watch] CEO of Sunken Ship Apologises
Sri Lanka braces itself for a possible oil spill from a sunken Singapore-registered container ship.
The vessel operator's chief executive expressed 'deep regrets...
[Watch] Containership Sinks, Possible Oil Slick
An environmental disaster off the coast of Sri Lanka is getting worse after a large container ship carrying chemicals and plastic that had...
Oil Spill from Cargo Ship, Removal Process Drags
Responders are cleaning up oil that spilled from the Golden Ray, the cargo ship that’s been stuck on the Georgia coast for more...