… for combating spills are primarily those of the Coast Guard and are held at the principal ports (booms, skimmers, dispersants, sorbents and work boats). Other government owned resources include skimming…
… of sandy shore. Owing to the thickness and viscosity of the oil, manual collection of oil from booms into drums was the preferred response option over skimmer use at sea. The Navy, merchant marine…
… in Madrid although this mainly acts as an additional maintenance and repair facility. The DGMM owns booms and skimmers, plus several tugs and offshore vessels equipped with both mechanical recovery and…
… The sinking of the HAVEN (1991) off Genoa led to a small amount of oil entering French waters. Booms and netting systems with weir skimmers were used. Beached oil was recovered manually. Major…
… for shoreline clean-up. Private The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has a stock of booms and dispersant at Mumbai. There are also other private offshore operators and response…
… barges and boats, skimmers, sorbents and a minimum of 20,000 linear metres of containment or sorbent booms which, together with vehicles and communication devices, can be rapidly dispatched to any area in…
… of dispersants. As the oil moved north along the Canal efforts were made to recover the oil using booms and skimmers. The slicks migrated to the north where they appeared in the Mediterranean as sheens and…
… most of the St.Lawrence River, where drinking water is abstracted. Protection of shorelines using booms is given priority over other techniques including mechanical recovery, manual removal, water…
… 2009, the bulk carrier AFFLATUS grounded off Weihei, spilling about 800 tonnes of HFO. Containment booms were initially deployed around the vessel and local fishing boats were used to recover oil at sea using…
