Recent Oil Spills News

At a recent Senior Maritime Forum held in conjunction with Marintec China 2011, Clay Maitland called for marine environment protection as “an essential strategy for corporate risk management”. As NAMEPA’s (North American Marine Environment Protection Association) Founding Chairman, Maitland told the over 400 senior Chinese leaders that “Clean seas are good business”. “In these times of economic pressure, rising insurance costs, and growing regulatory pressure, no shipowner, or charterer, should neglect its risk management procedures,” urged Maitland.

Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries -- the world's largest shipbuilder -- said it expects this year's net profit to tumble as it had to write off losses stemming from its sister firms. "We expect this year's net profit to drop to about $134.5 million (150 billion won) from 323 billion won in 1999," President and CEO Cho Choong-hooy said. "We have to clean up losses in Hyundai Space and Aircraft and Aluminium of Korea this year. But our sales will be steady along with strong shipbuilding demand and operating profits will be similar to last year's 670 billion won," he added. Hyundai Heavy had a 42.5 percent stake at Hyundai Space, which was liquidated earlier this year, and a 14.9 percent stake at Aluminium of Korea, which was sold in May to Alcan Aluminium.

The Washington State Department of Ecology established an Internet site regarding the Dalco Passage oil spill. On October 14, approximately 1,000 gallons of oil will released by an unknown source into waters of Puget Sound. Cleanup has been completed and investigators are still searching for the source. As a result of this spill, the State and the U.S. Coast Guard have established an Oil Spill Early Action Task Force to look into ways to improve early notification procedures, response policies, and response technology. Washington’s Zero Spills Goal, another recent development, examines recent oil spills to develop lessons learned. (HK Law).

Bollinger Marine Fabricators, Amelia, La., delivered DBL 81, an 80,000-barrel ocean service, double hull, oil tank barge built to meet the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA '90) to K-Sea Transportation Corp., Staten Island, NY. It is the second of a four OPA '90 barge contract underway at Bollinger for K-Sea. DBL 101, a 100,000 BBL barge, the first of the four was delivered by Bollinger in July, 2002. The remaining two barges in the contract will each have capacities of 80,000 and 100,000 BBL's, and are scheduled for delivery in the second and fourth quarter of 2003. DBL 81 was built to a new design provided by Guarino and Cox naval architects and marine engineers, Mandeville, La., which was adapted from a Richard Taubler Inc. design.

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