American Shipper Archives
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Lessons from the 1994 Puerto Rico oil spill
1994: Those involved in response to the 600,000-gallon spill reflect on their efforts.
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Alyssa Sporrer
Thursday, March 10, 2022
When oil is spilled: What happens next?
In general, land-based oil spills are more time-intensive to clean up, but oil spreads out more rapidly in water.
Greg Miller
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Ship at anchor off California ports may have caused major oil spill
How will public view ships anchored off Los Angeles/Long Beach if one of them is tied to Huntington Beach spill?
Linda Baker, Senior Environment and Technology Reporter
Friday, November 29, 2019
Today’s Pickup: Portland considers ‘risk bonds’ against companies that operate fossil fuel plants
Owners would have to prepay for estimated fuel spill cleanup costs.