Update: Sunken Tug Spills Oil off Oahu

Update Sunken Tug Spills Oil off Oahu

The U.S. Coast Guard Hawaii Pacific, Department of Health and responsible party Unified Command, are continuing oil ...

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Oil Spill Threatens Black Sea Coastline

Oil Spill Threatens Black Sea Coast

A leak on Tikhoretsk-Tuapse-2 pipeline caused an oil spill in the Black Sea, close to Russia’s port of ...

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US Ups Oil Spill Liability Cap

US Ups Oil Spill Liability Cap

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has administratively increased the limit of liability for ...

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EU Bodies Team Up on Maritime Emergencies

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) and the ...

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Gallery: Bulk Carrier Runs Aground in Sweden

A bulk carrier with 2 tons of oil onboard ran aground in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday morning spilling some of its ...

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Matson Pleads Guilty to Honolulu Molasses Spill Charges

Matson Pleads Guilty to Honolulu Molasses Spill Charges

Matson Inc. has agreed to pay USD 1 million in penalties for illegally discharging over 230,000 gallons of molasses ...

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GALLERY: Singapore Tests Oil Spill Readiness

Oil Spill Exercise JOSE 2014

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) conducted a multi-agency joint oil spill exercise, named JOSE ...

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Gulf of Mexico Restoration Plan Moves Ahead

NOAA and its fellow Natural Resource Damage Assessment trustees in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have announced ...

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BP Asks for Review of Gross Negligence Ruling

Oil major BP asked on Thursday a U.S. court to review the ruling that found the company “grossly ...

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Oil Spill Hinders Chilean Port Operations

Oil Spill Hinders Chilean Port Operations

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) Chile has reported an oil spill at Quintero Bay, Nr Valparaiso, Chile, following ...

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USCG Investigating Fuel Spill in San Francisco Bay

The United States Coast Guard and California Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel are investigating a fuel ...

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Transocean Shakes Off Gross Negligence Charge

Transocean Shakes Off Gross Negligence Charge

Transocean Ltd. has received a decision by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ...

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BP Found Guilty of Gross Negligence

Four years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, energy company BP was found guilty of gross ...

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USCG Tackling Salmon Bay Oil Spill

USCG Tackling Salmon Bay Oil Spill

The U.S. Coast Guard and Washington State Department of Ecology continue to oversee the cleanup and investigate the ...

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Photos: Oil Spill Response in Pechora Sea

Oil spill response exercises were conducted July 17-18 at exploration well No 3 of North-Dolginskoye oil field ...

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Deepwater Horizon Spill under Scientific Scrutiny

Deepwater Horizon Spill Under Scientific Scrutiny

A multi-disciplinary team of scientists launched the second expedition in the Gulf of Mexico to examine the effects ...

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Oil Spill Scare at Concordia Wreck

At about 11 pm last night, a small amount of hydrocarbons was spotted in the mid ship/aft of the Concordia wreck, ...

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Boston Oil Spill Contained

The US Coast Guard Sector Boston pollution response crew has responded to an oil spill from the USNS Fisher, dry ...

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Oil Spill Response on MMA’s Agenda

MMA Organizes Oil Spill Response Workshop

Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) held the 1st Oil Spill Response Workshop for local first responders on June ...

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Video: IMO, IPIECA Team Up on Oil Spill Response

​The International Maritime Organization (IMO) launched its latest film at the International Oil Spill Conference ...

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World Offshore Accident Databank Releases Update

WOAD, the world’s leading repository of offshore accident information, has released the latest update of the ...

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