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All five Maltese ministers of the European Parliament voted against the measures; the Erika, the vessel whose oil spill spurred the creation of these laws, was a Maltese-flagged vessel. [ 3 ] The directive also establishes a blacklist of companies operating substandard ships, published under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State ...
Moller, T. H. Santner, R. S. Oil spill preparedness and response–the role of industry. ITOPF. 1997 International Oil Spill Conference. [permanent dead link ] Nelson, P. Australia's National Plan to combat pollution of the sea by oil and other noxious and hazardous substances-Overview and current issues. Spill Science & Technology Bulletin ...
American Petroleum Institute, Oil Spill Prevention and Response; NOAA, 2002. Oil Spill Prevention and Response: A Selected Bibliography on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill; Offshore Technology Resource Center. 2001. Comparative Risk Analysis for Deepwater Production Systems; Oil & Gas UK, Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG)
This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons , 256 Imperial gallons , 7.33 barrels , or 1165 litres .
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil (OILPOL) was an International Treaty signed in London on 12 May 1954 (OILPOL 54). It was updated in 1962 (OILPOL 62), 1969 (OILPOL 69), and 1971 (OILPOL 71). [1] OILPOL was subsumed by the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL ...
Locals and rescue teams joined forces to contain the oil spill from a stranded Japanese tanker off the coast of Mauritius. As aerial video shows extensive damage, the country’s prime minister ...
Poland's government announced a state of natural disaster in affected areas and said that it had set aside 1 billion zlotys ($260 million) to help victims. Central Europe braces for more flooding ...
The International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, renewed in 1992 and often referred to as the CLC Convention, is an international maritime treaty admistered by the International Maritime Organization that was adopted to ensure that adequate compensation would be available where oil pollution damage was caused by maritime casualties involving oil tankers (i.e ...