FUEL SPILL

German Cargo Ship Detained for Fuel Spill Near Ceuta

Spanish authorities have detained a German-operated cargo ship, the Antigua & Barbuda-flagged Tony Stark, for causing a spill during a refueling operation near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. According to Spain’s Merchant Fleet, the ship is barred from leaving the port on Africa’s north coast until its owners pay a bail of 120,000 euros ($130,524). The German-based operator, NautiCore Shipping, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Canadian trucking company fined $37K for failing to clean up fuel spill

A trucking company has been fined for failing to promptly clean up a fuel spill after a 2019 accident in northern Canada.

Authorities in Ontario said carrier Jagger Canada Inc. was recently convicted by the provincial court of three charges under the Environmental Protection Act and was fined $30,000, along with a $7,500 victim fine surcharge. 

Jagger Canada Inc. is an over-the-road carrier based in the town of Etobicoke, near Toronto. The company has five drivers and four trucks, according to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadian-trucking-company-fined-37k-for-failing-to-clean-up-fuel-spill

Texas trucking company fined $44K for Oregon fuel spill

A Texas carrier is being fined $44,191 by Oregon regulators for failing to help clean up diesel fuel spilled after an accident on Interstate 84 last year.

A truck owned by Dallas-based Marko Transport overturned and crashed near the city of Pendleton, Oregon, on Nov. 26, 2021, spilling about 100 gallons of diesel fuel and closing a 50-mile stretch of I-84 eastbound for nine hours.

Hazmat crews responded to the crash site to deal with the fuel spill, according to news reports.

Marko Transport did...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/texas-trucking-company-fined-44k-for-oregon-fuel-spill

Kirby fined $2.2 million for British Columbia grounding, fuel spill

The Nathan E. Stewart lies partially submerged where it ran aground near Bella Bella, BC. Heiltsuk Nation photo by Tavish Campbell.

A Canadian court has fined Houston,Texas-based Kirby Offshore Marine Corp. $2.9 million (US $2.2 million) for the October 2016 grounding and fuel spill of the tugboat Nathan E. Stewart in British Columbia’s Inside Passage.

Some 29,000 gallons of diesel and lubricants spilled in the accident, which happened when the second mate piloting the articulated tug-barge unit fell asleep while on watch and missed a planned course change, according to Canadian and U.S. investigators.

Kirby, the largest U.S....

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/kirby-fined-2-2-million-for-british-columbia-grounding-fuel-spill/

Cleanup of MED started after ships’ collision

At a Glance
  • A pair of merchant ships collided causing a fuel spill in the Mediterranean Sea.
  • No injuries were reported in the collision.
  • French and Italian authorities are working to contain the spill.

French and Italian maritime authorities say they have begun cleaning up a fuel spill that has spread 12.5 miles in the Mediterranean Sea after two cargo ships collided north of the island of Corsica.

Italy’s coast guard said Monday it’s recovering some of the polluted material and monitoring...

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