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SPILL CONTROL NEWS
New publication: Reefs at Risk: Mapping Fossil Fuel Threats to Sensitive Marine Environments in Malaysia
This report by RimbaWatch with technical contributions from SkyTruth maps the overlap between these offshore oil and gas activities and...
PEMSEA Publishes 2025 Annual Report
PEMSEA (Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia - https://www.pemsea.org - is a regional coordinating mechanism for the sustainable...
Spain and U.S participate in bilateral oil spill drill
Base Naval de Rota hosted the bilateral slick response exercise on June 4, 2026. This event is one of the...
ORR: Using Smartphone Data to Measure Recreation Impacts After Environmental Disasters
When an oil spill or hazardous waste release occurs, NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) steps in to study...
Environmentalists protest restart of Sable oil project pipeline
Environmentalists have protested against the restart of Sable oil pipeline, after visit by Trump cabinet members; more than 50 members...
Texas company to pay $12.2M to Hieltsuk Nation to settle tugboat diesel spill impacts
The Heiltsuk Nation has reached a $12.2 million settlement with the U.S. company whose tug ran aground in 2016 on...
Great Lakes Centre of Excellence (GLCOE) releases FY26 Q3 Quarterly Project Portfolio
The Great Lakes Centre of Excellence (GLCOE) has released its FY26 Q3 Quarterly Project Portfolio. GLCOE commented: “Attached is the...
EMSA publishes May 2026 Newsletter
EMSA issues May 2026 Newsletter EMSA newsletter May 2026
Philippines: Marines join PCG to contain spill after beaching
Marines from the Marine Battalion Landing Team-8 (MBLT-8) joined the Philippine Coast Guard and other government agencies in containing an...
MPRI News
CanmetENERGY Research Centres Under Canada's Oceans Protection Plan CanmetDevon Multi-Partner Research Initiative (MPRI) is advancing science and technology for oil...
Unique experiment: accidental release of plastic bath toys contributes to updated knowledge of ocean currents
In 1992, a container ship leaving Hong Kong lost 28,800 plastic bath toys overboard in the North Pacific, and oceanographer...
2010 HNS convention set to enter into force in 2027
IMO news: The International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious...
More than half shadow fleet’s oil tankers are corroding toward disaster, top recycler warns
More than half of the world's fleet of sanctioned oil tankers is corroding and could cause a major environmental disaster, the...
Petrobras considers rescue of Manatees in Amazon “unfeasible” in the event of an oil spill
Brazil’s environmental agency approved oil drilling off the mouth of the Amazon River, even though oil company Petrobras considers it...
ISCO MEMBER NEWS
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 member Lamor releases May Newsletter
Click here to see the latest news from ISCO member Lamor.
CTEH becomes Onterris
ISCO Council member Josh Dubach (formerly CTEH) tells us that as of April 22nd, CTEH has transitioned over to Onterris,...
ISCO member Darcy Expands Merseyside Operations with Third Site in Merseyside U.K.
ISCO memberDarcy Group, established in 1935, has expanded technical production of its drain closure systems and pollution monitoring alarms. With...
ISCO member FyterTech Nonwovens Announces Canadian Acquisition
ISCO member FyterTech Nonwovens, LLC has announced the acquisition of Spill Solutions Canada, more commonly known as ESP Canada, a...
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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