# Leading Systems for Oil Spill Response in Ports – Implications for Canada

> Explore research about spill response policies and practices in 7 different ports - Seattle, Los Angeles, Houston, Southampton, Antwerp, Rotterdam & Hamburg

This research has examined spill response policies and practices in seven ports in five countries. They are the ports of Seattle, Los Angeles and Houston in the U.S. and Southampton, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg in Europe. These countries and ports provide a range of national policies and port conditions and practices against which to consider Canadian policies and practices.

Emergency response practices have evolved generally as a result of experience. Canada has been fortunate to have mainly learned from spills elsewhere but its focus has remained for too long on concerns for catastrophic spills.