Map: GoogleEarth This Tuesday morning, the expedition cruise ship M/S Virgo ran aground in Fuglefjorden in northwest Spitsbergen. There are no injuries, but fuel is leaking. According to Norwegian news platform NRK, the accident damaged one of the ship’s tanks...
Due to a faulty construction and insufficient maintenance, one of the biggest oil disasters occurred on May 29, 2020, in which 21,000 tons of fuel flowed into the environment. (Photo: Denis Kozhevnikov) The reason for the spill of diesel fuel of the Norilsk-Taimyr...
It looks like cotton wool, is feather-light and cleans waters effectively and environmentally friendly from oil spills – the oil binder PURE. Photo: DEUREX AG Major oil disasters such as the one in Norilsk at the end of May this year or in the Gulf of Mexico in...
An image of the Ambarnaya River just before it flows into Lake Pyasino north of Norilsk on May 31, 2020, taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, showing the waters colored red by the spilled diesel. Photo: ESA The disaster in Norilsk is strongly linked to...