Sunken Ship’s Captain and 1st Officer Sentenced to 20 Months in Mauritian Prison December 28, 2021 By Kamlesh Bhuckory The captain and first officer of a dry bulk carrier, which triggered the biggest environmental disaster in Mauritius, have been...
Guyana Weighs Raising Requirements for Insurance Cover for Oil Spills: Official November 23, 2021 By Neil Marks Guyana is getting ready to raise requirements on oil operators to protect the nation against spills and future removal costs...
Global Fast Fashion Brands Helping to Drive Pollution of African Rivers: Report August 18, 2021 By Emma Rumney JOHANNESBURG – Global fast fashion brands are helping drive pollution that has dyed African rivers blue or turned their waters...
Shell to Pay $111 Million to Resolve Long-Running Oil-Spill Dispute in Nigeria August 17, 2021 By William Clowes Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit agreed to pay a local community $111 million to resolve a long-running dispute over...
Russian Mining Giant Nornickel Fined $2 Billion for Huge Arctic Fuel Spill February 5, 2021 By Polina Devitt MOSCOW – Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel was fined $2 billion on Friday for the damage caused by a huge...
Dutch Court Orders Shell Nigeria to Pay Damages from Oil Pipeline Leaks January 29, 2021 By Diederik Baazil and Laura Hurst A Dutch court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit to compensate for oil spills in two villages over...
DuPont, Chemours Reach Pact Over Liability for ‘Forever Chemicals’ PFAs Pollution January 25, 2021 By Randall Chase The Dupont Co. and its spinoff business Chemours have agreed to resolve legal disputes over environmental liabilities for pollution related...
Mauritius Oil Spill Disaster Caused by Lack of Safety Awareness, Admits Shipowner December 22, 2020 TOKYO — Japan’s Nagashiki Shipping said on Friday [Dec. 18] the grounding of one of its large bulk carriers that...
Japanese Bulk Carrier Splits Apart as Mauritian Authorities Work to Contain Oil Spill August 17, 2020 By Omar Mohammed A Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around...
Explainer: Assessing Liabilities from Massive Mauritius Oil Spill August 14, 2020 A Japanese bulk carrier struck a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius on July 25, spilling...