Five years after the Nathan E. Stewart sank, spilling the equivalent of a railcar’s worth of diesel fuel into the ocean,1 we want to know: could a similar incident happen today and how prepared are we if it does?
Clear Seas launches eighth webpage in key issues series to explain how ship-source spills are cleaned up in Canadian waters
This research has examined spill response policies and practices in seven ports in five countries, which has provided a range of national policies and port conditions and practices against which to consider Canadian policies and practices.
The Canadian Marine Shipping Risk Forum hosted a webinar on Marine Liability and Compensation: Who Pays for an Oil Spill in Canada and Beyond? to share work, ideas, concerns, questions and issues about the work of the Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund.
Clear Seas commissioned Dillon Consulting to identify and map sensitive coastal areas along most of Canada’s Pacific Coast.
The Voluntary Protection Zone implemented to keep commercial ships at a safe distance from the west coast of Haida Gwaii is extended.
Clear Seas requested a study of governance systems and practices for oil spill response in leading ports of other countries to identify possible options for improvement of the regimes in Canadian ports.
New mapping tool and associated report developed to support marine spatial planning in Canada’s Pacific Coast.
If an oil spill were to happen in Canadian waters tomorrow, who would pay for it? Learn about the costs and liabilities related to ship-source oil spills.
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