Tag: oil spill

Shipping companies will pay nearly $97 million to settle a lawsuit with a pipeline operator over a 2021 oil spill off the coast of Southern California, the pipeline company said Wednesday 1 Mar.

Search continues in Oriental Mindoro province, for the sunken cargo ship 'Princess Empress', which carried industrial fuel oil. Approximately 800,000 litres of oil have leaked into the sea, causing a 6km spill. 

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is monitoring a possible oil spill after an oil tanker sank off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday.

International media reported on Tuesday that Spanish authorities detained the Maltese-flagged oil tanker Lagertha following discharge of hydrocarbons that caused a spill in the waters near the northeastern port city of Tarragona, as detected by aircraft sensors and satellite radar on Feb. 11. However, the next day, its Turkish manager denied these allegations, clarifying that the vessel did not cause any pollution.

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company confirmed that it has accepted a proposal to jointly fund a settlement with claimants relating to the 2021 Orange County pipeline oil spill.

On February 9, multiple shipping companies agreed to pay Orange County residents whose businesses and property were damaged by the October 2021 Orange County oil spill.

Salvage operations have started off Gibraltar to remove the wreck of the bulker OS 35, as the port aims to complete the removal process by May 30, 2023.

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

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

Data from ITOPF shows that seven oil spills of more than seven tonnes were recorded from tanker incidents in 2022.