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 established Wednesday as cleanup efforts continue on oil patties that washed ashore at various locations on the Delaware Bay coastline between Fowler Beach and Cape Henlopen, Delaware. The oil was first reported on … [Read more...]
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 threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil in the Red Sea, two U.N. sources told Reuters. The United Nations has warned that the Safer FSO, stranded since 2015, could spill four times as much oil as the 1989 Exxon … [Read more...]
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 shore that is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil in the Red Sea, two U.N. sources told Reuters. The United Nations has warned that the Safer, stranded since 2015, could spill four times as much oil as the 1989 … [Read more...]
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 reported Wednesday. The M/V YM Mandate is docked at the Global Container Terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey. According to a U.S. Coast Guard statement on the incident, the National Response Center contacted Coast Guard … [Read more...]
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 spill which officials and environmentalists say is creating an ecological disaster. The MV Wakashio, operated by Mitsui OSK Lines, struck the reef on Mauritius' southeast coast on July 25. Fuel started leaking from the … [Read more...]