… over 10,000 metres of boom, 40 skimmers and specialised equipment such as fire boom and fast current booms and skimmers. It has an MoU with OSRL and other response centres around Asia. The Japanese government…
… Funen), Næstved (Sealand/eastern Funen), Knudsker (Borland). Each centre is equipped with various booms, towing & anchoring equipment & a power pack. In addition, sorbents and PPE are also…
… USCG and US Navy hold limited specialist response equipment and resources, principally booms, skimmers and sorbents suitable for use in sheltered waters. The Navy have a waste oil barge of 9500…
… varying sizes, equipped with dispersant spraying apparatus. It also maintains 3 tugs equipped to lay booms and spray dispersants, a variety of other vessels suitable for responding to pollution incidents, and a…
Tanker NATUNA SEA (51,095 GT; built 1980) grounded in Indonesian waters in the Singapore Strait on 3rd October 2000. At the time of the incident, the vessel was laden with 70,000 tonnes of Nile Blend
… Bonn Agreement countries. In sheltered and/or shallow coastal waters, containment of the oil using booms and mechanical recovery of the oil is clearly preferred by the Belgian authorities. On the shoreline…
ITOPF was out in force for the Singapore Maritime Week, a week of conferences, exhibitions and social events in celebration of all things maritime, driven by the Maritime and Port Authority of
The Maltese tanker ERIKA, carrying some 31,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil as cargo, broke in two in a severe storm in the Bay of Biscay on 12th December 1999, 60 miles from the coast of Brittany. All
… Constanta SN Petrom-Petromar Offshore Oil Company Branch, Constanta). Equipment held includes booms, skimmers, oil storage facilities, pumps and auxiliary vessels. The border police and Romanian Navy can…
… Only dispersants bearing the South African Bureau of Standards mark of approval may be used. Booms and skimmers are utilised in sheltered port and coastal areas in an attempt to protect sensitive areas…
