Invitation: LSLC-YMP and Brazilian Maritime Lawyers Webinar – International Conventions on Oil Pollution and Its Applicability in Recent Cases. – 19 October
LSLC-YMP AND BRAZILIAN MARITIME LAWYERS SEMINAR
“International Conventions on Oil Pollution and Its
Applicability in Recent Cases”
Tuesday , 19 October 2021 – ONLINE
Start: 17.30 hrs London time /13.30 hrs Rio de Janeiro time
| This event is held in association with Queiroz Cavalcanti Advocacia (Brazil) and KINCAID Mendes Vianna Advogados... |
Cork County Council completed the removal of oil and other contaminants from the MV Alta ‘ghost ship’, which was washed ashore in the middle of February in Ballycotton, Co. Cork, Ireland.
The Council reported that 62 full barrels and 33 empty barrels were airlifted by helicopter from the area of the wrecked vessel to a prepared drop-off area where they were subsequently transferred onto a vehicle and removed by an environmental agent.
In addition, to protect the area and the marine environment,...
https://safety4sea.com/oil-and-potential-contaminants-removed-from-ghost-ship/
A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami, which was published at Science Advances, revealed that the oil spread from the famous Deepwater Horizon oil spill was expanded in many more areas than what was shown in satellite data.
The Deepwater Horizon explosion is an industrial disaster that began on 20 April 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in 11 deaths, 17 injuries and a discharge of about 4.9 million barrels of oil into the sea, leaving a heavy legacy in the safety history...
https://safety4sea.com/study-reveals-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-larger-than-previously-thought/
A vessel operating company has been fined by the US Department of Justice to pay the amount of $1,750,000 and serve a 4-year term of probation for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of bilge waste from the tank vessel Topaz Express, a felony violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
Specifically, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Singapore) PTE LTD’s chief engineer and second engineer pleaded guilty of being involved in federal court.
It is reported that...
https://safety4sea.com/shipping-company-fined-1750000-for-false-report-on-oil-record-book/
The Unified Command (UC) for the St. Simons Sound Incident Response and assisting organizations are collaborating in finalizing plans for the construction of an environmental protection barrier (EPB) to be built around ‘Golden Ray’.
Currently, the ship’s owner and the UC are working closely with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Savannah District, to obtain the necessary permits to start construction of the EPB. In fact, USACE issued a public notice indicating that the construction plan...
https://safety4sea.com/environmental-protection-barrier-to-be-deployed-for-golden-ray/
Fire broke out on the wreck of the ro-ro Golden Ray in St. Simons Sound on January 19. When the fire started contractors were contacting welding operations inside the ship.
Luckily, the fire was contained within the hull and was quickly put out by the contractor’s fireboat.
As the vehicle carrier ‘Golden Ray’ capsized in St. Simons Sound, Brunswick, Georgia, on September 8, four of its crewmembers went missing.
According to The Brunswick News report, the car carrier Golden Ray was grounded after...
https://safety4sea.com/fire-started-on-golden-ray-wreck-during-welding-operations/
Specifically, the two vessels involved in the collision were the offshore supply vessel Cheramie Botruc 22 and tug vessel Mariya Moran.
The USCG reports that the collision resulted to about 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel spill.
In light of the oil spill incident and the importance of dealing with oil spills,...
https://safety4sea.com/uscg-responds-to-oil-spill-caused-by-collision-in-texas/
According to an article published in Delaware Online, the chief engineer of a Liberian cargo ship received one year of probation for lying and presenting falsified documents to the U.S. Coast Guard to hide oil pollution.
What happened?The Coast Guard examined a ship while it was in the Delaware Bay to determine its compliance with the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, according to federal court documents.
Inspectors found the crew would trick an oil monitoring sensor because it could not...
http://mfame.guru/chief-engineer-fined-1-8-million-and-probation-for-falsifying-records/
Thordon Bearings’ COMPAC seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearing system has won the coveted 2019 Seatrade Award for Clean Shipping, reports Bearingtips.
Eradication of operational oil pollutionThe award was conferred In recognition of the technology’s capacity to completely eradicate operational oil pollution from ships’ stern tubes.
First hand demonstration of the propeller shaftThe Clean Shipping Award was presented by guest of honour Professor Dame Jane Francis, Director, British...
http://mfame.guru/compac-seawater-lubricated-propeller-shaft-bearing-system-by-thordon-bearings/