An oil spill is the potential adverse effect of most maritime incidents. Oil spills can have disastrous consequences, environmentally and economically. Oil spill response at sea is most times a complex procedure, because of the remoteness of the site or the number of interested parties.
A spill may take weeks, months or even years to clean up. Oil spills at sea are generally much more damaging than those on land, as they can spread for hundreds of nautical miles polluting a great extent of...
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