Tag: oil pollution

A Chinese-flagged fishing vessel, carrying 16 crew members and 130 tonnes of oil onboard, has run aground off Mauritius, causing a minor oil spill.

In light of the large quantities of tar balls that were washed up on the Israeli shoreline several days ago, the IMO-administered Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre (REMPEC) offers assistance within the oil spill response.

The Swedish Club reminds of the increase criminal penalties for oil spill related offences that will come into force in 1 January 2021, calling shipowners and all interested parties to be aware of this change.

The US Coast Guard reported that a containership that called the port of New York and New Jersey and docked at a terminal in Bayonne, New Jersey is reportedly leaking oil into the harbor.

Maritime New Zealand issued a "Marine Oil Spill Readiness and Response Strategy" in order to promote safely and securely clean waters.

Following the Japanese bulk carrier's "MV Wakashio" grounding off the Mauritius coast on 25 July, region's authorities informed that the vessel has now broken apart, spilling even more oil into the sea.

Vladimir Putin declared the City of Norilsk in Russia in state of emergency after 20,000 tonnes of diesel fuel spilled into a river inside the Arctic Circle.

Cork County Council completed the removal of oil and other contaminants from the MV Alta 'ghost ship', which was washed ashore in the middle of February in Ballycotton, Co. Cork, Ireland. The Council reported that 62 full barrels and 33 empty barrels were airlifted by helicopter from the area of the wrecked vessel to a prepared drop-off area.

A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami, which was published at Science Advances, revealed that the oil spread from the famous Deepwater Horizon oil spill was expanded in many more areas than what was shown in satellite data.

A vessel operating company has been fined by the US Department of Justice to pay the amount of $1,750,000 and serve a 4-year term of probation for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of bilge waste from the tank vessel Topaz Express, a felony violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.