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IMO 2020 limits the amount of sulphur permitted in commercial ship fuel to 0.5% for ships operating worldwide.

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?

“We rely on transporting goods by ship, but we don’t need to maintain the status quo. We can’t maintain the status quo; there is a better way.” – Tony R. Walker

“Marine oil spill response is always evolving because everyone is trying to improve things.”
– Dr. Heather Dettman

Not all oils behave the same way when spilled into the marine environment.

Many chemicals transported by sea are considered hazardous and noxious substances that can have significant impacts when spilled into the marine environment.