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SPILL CONTROL NEWS
EMSA releases July-August Newsletter
In this month’s edition: “EMSA supports a multipurpose maritime exercise in the Western Black Sea and a major oil pollution...
Egypt Daily News: Egypt contains oil spill after pipeline leak off South Sinai coast
Egypt’s Ministry of Local Development and Environment said it had contained an oil spill that stretched for around three kilometres...
Energy Watch: Danish agency files police report against TotalEnergies
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has filed a police report against French energy giant TotalEnergies for 13 distinct violations of...
Judge modifies consent decree on Sable Pipeline
E&E Politico: A federal judge in California is allowing oil to keep flowing through Sable Offshore’s contentious onshore pipeline, dealing...
Moldova demands €23.2m spill damages from Russia for Dniester spill
Moldova is preparing legal proceedings in international courts to claim €23.2 million in compensation from the Russian Federation following a...
Scientists pour nearly 16,000 litres of caustic into the ocean in large scale open ocean experiment
The research was led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the LOC-NESS project, the first open-ocean trial...
Fortune: Who pays for a shadow fleet oil spill? No one
For most of the ISCO Newsletter readers, the attached article in Fortune doesn’t tell us anything we don’t already know. ...
Microplastics contaminate sea salt from Indonesia’s Lombok Island: study
Much of the plastic waste generated on land ends up in the ocean, where it can break down into microplastics....
Maritime Executive: distressed tanker off Oman is intact but still leaking crude oil
The latest imagery, taken on August 27, shows that the wreck of the VLCC Caroline Bezengi remains intact. The tanker...
Offshore Engineer: OPA ’90 retrospective
Offshore Engineer: OPA ’90 and Deepwater Horizon: a law that worked better than anyone could have imagined OPA 90 retrospective
Updates from the Ipieca – IMO Global Initiative
Achievements, collaborations and upcoming activities across Africa, South East Asia and the Caspian Sea, Black Sea and Central Eurasia regions...
Japan boosts Fiji response capability
Japan has handed over $1.6 million worth of specialised oil spill response equipment to the Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji,...
IOPC Funds issues new meeting documents
The IOPC funds has updated its document list as of 26th August 2026 IOPC Funds meeting documents
Operation begins to pull MSC Baltic III ashore for dismantling
The salvage effort to remove the wreck of the containership MSC Baltic III has begun pulling the hull of the...
ISCO MEMBER NEWS
ISCO member Lamor is strengthening its position in Latin America
ISCO member Lamor is delivering an advanced water treatment solution designed to process oily wastewater with varying salinity levels to...
ISCO member Fytertech announces acquisition of Spillkleen
Commenting on the acquisition, Fytertech commented: “FyterTech is proud to announce the acquisition of SpilKleen, further strengthening their presence and...
Pacific Towing Tugs Respond to Emergencies in PNG and Solomon Islands
ISCO member Pacific Towing (PacTow) carried out two recent emergency towage operations involving vessels that suffered engine failure in Papua...
North Vancouver Chamber’s Marine & Waterfront Sector Roundtable – Policy Adoption
ISCO member Aqua-Guard Spill Response Inc. is celebrating a significant policy milestone following the adoption of four policy resolutions by the membership...
ISCO member Lamor supporting specialized emergency response training in Colombia
ISCO member Lamor will be supporting the upcoming course, “Emergency Response Strategies for Fires and Spills in Ports and Offshore...
ISCO WHAT'S NEW
ISCO attends ADRIASPILLCON 2026
Image - M. Kerem Kemerli, President at MEKE Marine and Rupert Bravery of ISCO This week has Rupert Bravery, ISCO...
ISCO continues to work with University of Sussex
ISCO has continued its collaboration with the University of Sussex, with Professor Rupert Bravery of ISCO, recently announced as Chair...
ISCO Council Member and team publishes study results
ISCO Council member Larissa Montas Bravo was a lead author of a recently published article focused on pathogenic fungi in...
ISCO Council member to serve on IOSC program committee
Ed Levine advises us that he has been invited to serve on the Program Committee for the upcoming International Oil...
ISCO presents at ITAC meeting at CEDRE
The International Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC) meeting, October 28-30, 2025, in Brest, France, offered a forum for knowledge sharing and...
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