WWF has launched a new action plan for safer seas. Its aim is to promote greater responsibility among the shipping industry and ultimately prevent disasters to occur again, such as the Prestige oil spill, which had a huge environmental impact…
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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) handed earlier this week a new report to the US Coast Guards showing that sunken ships pose a threat to the environment. The outcome of the report gives credit to concerns growing…
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Since the mid-2000s, Enbridge Inc., a Canadian crude oil and liquids pipeline company, has been promoting the “Northern Gateway” project: a pipeline running from Alberta to Kitimat, British Columbia. The pipeline would export oil to a marine terminal in Kitimat,…
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On October 5 last year, the 3,032teu Liberian-flagged Rena container-ship went aground on Astrolabe Reef in the environmentally sensitive Bay of Plenty in New Zealand. One year after, what can be learnt from this accident? 1. The grounding resulted…
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On 25 September, the French Court of Cassation rejected Total’s appeal and upheld the ship-owner’s liability for the “environmental damage” following the Erika shipwreck in 1999. According to environmental lawyer Arnaud Gossement, interviewed in the Nouvel Observateur, this decision constitutes…
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At the International Union of Marine Insurance conference held in San Diego from September 13 to 19, Resolve Marine Group director of planning and corporate relations, Bob Umbdenstock addressed the delegates with a strong message: as marine risk becomes more…
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Last June, the Canadian Coast Guard have filed a complaint against the MV Clipper Adventurer cruise ship and its owners. They claimed a $500,000 compensation for the damages caused by the shipwreck. The MV Clipper Adventurer cruise ship ran aground…
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Ten years after the Prestige oil spill disaster (2002), the dates of the trial have finally been unveiled. It will take place from next October 16th to May 29th 2013 at A Coruña (Spain). It will bring together 3 magistrates,…
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Based on the fact that the French legislation does not apply in an “exclusive economic zone” (EEZ), French oil and gas company TOTAL is attempting to reverse the outcome of the Erika trial and have its responsibility for the environmental…
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Last month, the “Endless Sea”, a damaged Brazilian ship, has been trapped in Antarctic ice. The crew is ok but the oil is leaking from the tanks into the Antarctic Ocean. The ship was carrying nearly 8000 liters (2100 gallons)…
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