Tag: oil spill prevention

An oil spill was reported in English Bay, Canada, on January 21, that came from a Greek-owned containership.

FSO Safer, that has been described as a “floating time bomb”, moored in the Red Sea is still waiting for a new vessel to remove its cargo of 1.1 million barrels of oil.

On January 16 morning, a small dredger capsized in the Mississippi River near Meraux, Louisiana, briefly forcing the waterway's closure to marine traffic.

In order to strengthen its response capacity network, EMSA launched a procurement procedure to contract new Intermediate storage vessels in the North and Baltic Seas.

A freighter sank last week off the coast of Abaco, The Bahamas in hazardous weather, with salvors working to reduce the risk of pollution. 

The salvage operation for bulker OS 35 is likely to commence in January 2023, with the authorities having set a deadline to clear the wreckage by 30 May 2023.

The U.S. Coast Guard announced that a Notice of Availability (NOA) pertaining to Coastal Zone Area Contingency Plan (ACP) guidance has been published.

Singapore is taking over the rotational chairmanship of the Revolving Fund Committee, from Malaysia. The fund was set up by Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Malacca Strait Council to ensure that Straits of Malacca and Singapore waterways remain safe and clean.

The Port Authority of Gibraltar has issued the owners of the OS35 with a wreck removal notice. This means the vessel and everything that comes from it will have to be removed from Gibraltar's waters by 30th May.

The salvage of the ageing supertanker FSO Safer, off the Yemeni coast, can now begin, the UN said, after it announced that more than $75 million has been pledged to carry out the vital operation.