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01/08/2025RUSSIA ESTIMATES THE COST OF THE BLACK SEA OIL SPILL AT $1 BILLION
More than three months after the Black Sea oil spill, cleanup efforts continue in Russia’s Krasnodar region. Damages could reach $1 billion. Local authorities reported that approximately 800 tons of oil-contaminated materials have been collected to date. Russian President Putin called it the worst environmental disaster in recent years, saying that efforts to clean up […]
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26/06/2025Oil spill leaves 10-km trails on central Vietnam beach
Trails of oil spills have stretched around 10 km of a beach in Phu Yen’s Tuy Hoa Town, suspected to have originated from a vessel offshore. Border guards of Tuy Hoa on Friday, along with the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and local authorities, acknowledged the oil spills appearing along the beach. After […]
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26/06/2025Oil spill contaminates over 17ha of Ho Chi Minh City forest following collision of 2 foreign vessels
More than 17 hectares of forest in Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City, have been contaminated with oil following a collision between two foreign vessels, according to a report from local authorities. The incident involved the Panama-flagged container ship KMTC SURABAYA and the Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier GENGLYLE, which collided on April 25 on […]
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26/06/2025Massive oil spill prevention effort launched after shipwreck
Seven thousand liters of oil will be removed from a shipwrecked vessel in central Vietnam after a cargo ship crashed into a reef, endangering the ocean with a possible spill. The prevention effort began Wednesday after the accident in the Cu Lao Cham Marine Conservation area off the coast of Quang Nam Province on March […]
