The Dangerous $140M Mission to Defuse an Oil Tanker Ready to Explode June 14, 2023 An operation is finally underway to transfer the oil from a stricken tanker off the coast of Yemen that maritime...
Tanker Detained by Spain Did Not Cause Pollution, Turkish Manager Says February 23, 2023 A tanker that was detained by Spain and accused of discharging fuel in open waters near the northeastern port city...
Sri Lanka Ship Disaster Causes ‘Significant Damage to the Planet’: UN June 21, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The UN representative in Sri Lanka said the sinking of a container ship that caught fire...
Ship Carrying Chemicals Sinks Near Sri Lanka Capital, Prompting Pollution Fears June 18, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A container ship carrying chemicals sank off Sri Lanka’s capital on Thursday nearly a month after...
Sri Lanka Seeks Interim Claim of $40M from Operator of Wrecked Cargo Ship June 14, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka is seeking an interim claim of $40 million from the operator of a fire-ravaged...
Contaminants from Sri Lanka Ship Wreck Could Cause Wide-Reaching Damage June 8, 2021 By Laura Millan Contaminants released from the wreckage of a container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka could be dragged thousands of...
Data Recorder Recovered from Ship Carrying Chemicals Sinking Off Sri Lanka June 7, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Experts recovered the data recorder of a fire-ravaged ship carrying chemicals that is slowly sinking...
Fire-Gutted Container Ship Raises Oil Spill Concerns for Sri Lanka June 3, 2021 By Anusha Ondaatjie and Asantha Sirimanne Salvors and authorities are watching for any leaking of fuel after halting efforts to tow a fire-gutted container vessel away...
France Works to Contain Fuel Spill After Italian Container Ship Sinks March 15, 2019 French authorities are working to contain a fuel spill off the Atlantic Coast after an Italian container ship sank following...
Environmental Disaster Unfolds in Pacific, Near Solomon Islands, as Ship Leaks Oil March 4, 2019 By Nick Perry An environmental disaster is unfolding in the Pacific after a large ship ran aground and began leaking oil next to...