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Saturday, August 27, 2022
The container ship MSC Danit is seen the day after U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) marine casualty investigators boarded the container ship, off the Port of Long Beach, California, U.S. October 17, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson
Oil Spill

Amplify Energy Corp To Pay $13 Mln To Settle Charges Over California Oil Spill

Aug 26 (Reuters) – A Texas oil company agreed to plead guilty to criminal negligence charges and pay nearly $13 million for a crude oil spill

August 27, 2022
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Saturday, July 30, 2022
Coast Guard Responds To Oil Discharge From Tanker on Mississippi
Oil Spill

Coast Guard Responds To Oil Discharge From Tanker on Mississippi

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is responding to a discharge of oil from a tanker ship Friday on the Lower Mississippi River near Kenner, La.  Coast Guard

July 30, 2022
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Monday, April 18, 2022
Tunisa Oil Spill
Oil Spill

Tunisia Seek To Limit Damage After Bunker Tanker Sinks

By Tarek Amara (Reuters) – Tunisia will work with other countries that have offered to help it to prevent environmental damage after a

April 18, 2022
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Saturday, April 16, 2022
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Lifesaving Incidents

Bunker Tanker Sinks Off Tunisia, Threatening Environmental Disaster

By Tarek Amara (Reuters) Tunisian authorities intensified efforts on Saturday to avoid an environmental disaster after a merchant fuel ship carrying one

April 16, 2022
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Saturday, February 26, 2022
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Oil Spill

Shell Faces U.K. Showdown Over Delayed Impact From Cataclysmic Bonga Oil Spill

By Katharine Gemmell, Feb 26, 2022(Bloomberg) –A group of Nigerians want a trial against Royal Dutch Shell Plc in the U.K. for what they allege was a

February 26, 2022
Total Views: 2298

Saturday, February 12, 2022
How AUVs Are Used To Spot Oil Plumes After A Spill
Oil Spill

How AUVs Are Used To Spot Oil Plumes After A Spill

(The Conversation)- On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned, sank in the Gulf of Mexico and terrified the world. This

February 12, 2022
Total Views: 1835

Sunday, October 3, 2021
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Oil Spill

Major Oil Spill Washes Ashore In California

Update: Everything We Know About the Southern California Oil Spill Right Now By Jonathan Allen Oct 3 (Reuters) – A large oil spill off the California

October 3, 2021
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Friday, September 3, 2021
Fuel leaks from a capsized boat
Marine Weather

Ida Leaves Toxic Chemicals, Oil Spills, And Sewage Swirling In Her Wake

By Ari Natter (Bloomberg) Exxon Mobil released sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide at its Baton Rouge refinery as Hurricane Ida churned ashore. A broken

September 3, 2021
Total Views: 2454

Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Baniyas power plant oil spill syria
Oil Spill

Syrian Oil Spill From Baniyas Power Plant Spreads Into Mediterranean

(Reuters)–A massive fuel oil leak occurred last week from a power plant in Baniyas, located on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, according to naval tracking

September 1, 2021
Total Views: 1624

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Containerships at Qingdao port, China
Oil Spill

Oil Clean-up Continues Off China’s Qingdao Port

by Shivani Singh (Reuters) – Clean-up work continued on Wednesday near the Chinese port city of Qingdao, a day after a yet-to-be determined quantity of

April 28, 2021
Total Views: 1914

Thursday, October 29, 2020
Delaware’s Mystery Oil Spill Remains a Mystery
Shipping News

Delaware’s Mystery Oil Spill Remains a Mystery

The operation to clean-up balls of oil that have washed ashore in Delaware Bay has expanded to Maryland beaches as the investigation into the source of the

October 29, 2020
Total Views: 89

Monday, October 26, 2020
Delaware’s Mystery Oil Spill: Clean-Up Crews Recover 55 Tons of Oiled Debris
Shipping News

Delaware’s Mystery Oil Spill: Clean-Up Crews Recover 55 Tons of Oiled Debris

Clean-up crews have recovered approximately 55 tons of oiled debris from beaches in Delaware one week after mysterious oil patties began washing up along a

October 26, 2020
Total Views: 63

Thursday, October 22, 2020
Mystery Oil Washes Ashore in Delaware
Shipping News

Mystery Oil Washes Ashore in Delaware

A unified command has been established to respond to mysterious globs of oil that have washed ashore Delaware Bay, impacting local wildlife. The command was

October 22, 2020
Total Views: 64

Thursday, October 15, 2020
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Environment

The IMO Can’t Prevent This Massive Oil Tanker From Spilling

By Aziz El Yaakoubi (Reuters) – A United Nations team will have to wait several weeks to access a deteriorating FSO tanker off Yemen’s shore that is

October 15, 2020
Total Views: 235

Wednesday, October 14, 2020
UN Access to Decaying Yemen Tanker Could Take Weeks, Say Sources
Offshore

UN Access to Decaying Yemen Tanker Could Take Weeks, Say Sources

By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI, Oct 14 (Reuters) – A United Nations team will have to wait several weeks to access a deteriorating tanker off Yemen’s

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 388

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Cracked Containership Leaking Oil at Bayonne, New Jersey Terminal
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Cracked Containership Leaking Oil at Bayonne, New Jersey Terminal

A containership docked at a container terminal in Bayonne, New Jersey is leaking fuel from a small crack in the ship’s hull, the U.S. Coast Guard

September 30, 2020
Total Views: 141

Monday, August 10, 2020
MOL Apologizes for Wakashio Grounding in Mauritius
Shipping News

MOL Apologizes for Wakashio Grounding in Mauritius

TOKYO, Aug 9 (Reuters) – The operator of a Japanese bulk carrier which ran aground off Mauritius in the Indian Ocean apologised on Sunday for a major oil

August 10, 2020
Total Views: 100

Monday, August 3, 2020
cargo ships underway
Shipping News

Ship Suspected as Source of Oil Slick Threatening Venezuelan Beaches

By Tibisay Romero and Luc Cohen VALENCIA, Venezuela, Aug 3 (Reuters) – An oil slick washed up over the weekend on the coastline of Venezuela’s

August 3, 2020
Total Views: 56

Thursday, December 26, 2019
Ecuador Concerned Sunken Barge Recovery in Galapagos – Incident Video
Shipping News

Ecuador Concerned Sunken Barge Recovery in Galapagos – Incident Video

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s environment minister, Raul Ledesma, said on Monday that a situation involving a sunken barge in the Galapagos Islands

December 26, 2019
Total Views: 109

Monday, November 18, 2019
Capsized Tug Spills Diesel in Oregon Inlet, North Carolina
Shipping News

Capsized Tug Spills Diesel in Oregon Inlet, North Carolina

The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday was called to a diesel fuel spill from a partially submerged tugboat that had allided with the Old Bonner Bridge in

November 18, 2019
Total Views: 74
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