Tag: oil spill

Changes to the Arctic were caused by warming temperatures which allow further exploration for oil, gas, and minerals, thus increasing the risk of pollution in the region. Cleaning up oil spills in the Arctic is very difficult, because effective strategies for cleaning up oil spills in the Arctic are not discovered.

The Honduras Directorate of Merchant Marine issued a circular informing that the deadline for the implementation of oil spill response requirements in Honduras is extended from 1st January to 15 January 2018.

The Honduras Directorate of Merchant Marine issued a circular informing that the deadline for the implementation of oil spill response requirements in Honduras is extended from 1st January to 15 January 2018.

The Arctic Council Working Group on Emergency Prevention Preparedness and Response met in Malmö to boost work related to marine environmental response and search and rescue in Arctic. The Working Group is made up of representatives from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and US.

The US Marine Spill Response Corporation and the US National Response Center informed that, with effect from 1 January 2018, will provide directly all the required Oil Spill Removal Organization coverage in Hawaii.

As we are heading towards the end of 2017, we take a look back at the significant developments for the protection of the marine environment. The entry into force of the BWM Convention, the exclusion of shipping in the EU ETS, the initiatives towards electrification and decarbonization compile the scenery of a challenging year for shipping.

UK MCA released a Marine Guidance Note, in which it informs shipowners and masters of the requirement to maintain compulsory insurance against liability for bunker oil pollution damage.

The Honduras Maritime Authority advised that all vessels must nominate an oil spill response organisation which has been approved by the Authority to secure the availability of private personnel and equipment necessary to remove a worst-case discharge, and to mitigate or prevent a threat of such a discharge.

An infographic published by Clean Arctic Alliance addresses the matter of heavy fuel oil. HFO one of the most hazardous materials as it increases the impact of oil spills and produces harmful air and climate pollutants.

The four-year, $5-million Oil Spill Response Science program, under the national Oceans Protection Plan, aims at improving the technologies and techniques for recovering or removing heavy oil products from marine environments, in the unlikely event of a spill.