Tag: oil spill

USCG Incident Management pollution responders from Sector San Juan responded to an oil spill San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico.

A new study by the Curtin University on the aftermath of the MV Wakashio oil spill finds that long-term monitoring and further studies are needed to understand the impact of Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil (VLSFO) spills. 

Four crew members from the Dutch dredger Vox Maxima are facing charges under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 for their roles in a significant oil spill in Singapore on June 14.

MPA confirmed that oil which overflowed during a bunkering operation from the r bulk carrier INES CORRADO has stopped.

Minister Colm Imbert said the tugboat Solo Creed had been arrested in Angola in his wrap-up speech in the Senate budget debate on 23 October.

According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), two shipping companies were sentenced to pay a $2 million criminal penalty and complete four years of probation for illegally discharging oil into the ocean.

According to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA), an oil spill from a cargo vessel in Algoa Bay at the weekend, and which has since been confirmed to have affected local wildlife, continues to be investigated, even as its spread at sea and along local beaches seems limited.

The South Africa Incident Management Organisation (IMOrg) has launched an investigation into an oily substance spillage, believed to have originated from a vehicle transportation vessel, MSC Apollo, that was anchored in Algoa Bay. 

On 3 September, a BC Ferries' Queen of New Westminster experienced a critical failure when its starboard propeller detached from its propulsion shaft, triggering a hydraulic oil spill in Tsawwassen, Canada. 

According to Reuters, an oil spill near the Spanish island of Gran Canaria led local officials to shut down multiple beaches in the popular tourist spot on 5th September and declare an environmental emergency.