Member companies have deployments ongoing in Angola, three members are working together following a vessel allision in the Port of Tyne resulted in an estimated 25 tonne pre-production pellet spill of nurdles affects the port and adjacent shorelines.
Members are also deployed in Dublin Port following a fuel oil spill during bunkering. Fortunately response was immediate and it is contained within a small area of the report and cleaning up is now taking place. We referred three calls from members of the public to accredited companies local to the caller in July.
A sanctions-hit Russian oil tanker, the Caroline Bezengi, is actively leaking crude oil off the coast of Oman following an onboard blast, with satellite images showing the slick spreading as international authorities monitor the high-risk situation with discussion ongoing as who is to attend this spill.