That was the aim of the first joint oil spill exercise on the Coast last week using teams from both the West Coast Regional ...

The ship is thought to be carrying "furnace oil", described as dark thick, and when spilled, pernicious - but the government ...

Maritime NZ has said the costs are not insignificant but are “minimal compared with the potentially very high costs associated with a large oil spill”. Associate Transport Minister James ...

Documents reveal the RMS Niagara shipwreck could cause a $200 million oil spill clean-up. Maritime NZ has recommended a $13.7 million survey to assess the oil risk, but governments have declined.

A council leader has said an investigation into a cyanide spill in Walsall Canal cannot result in just "measly words". Leader ...

When Anthony Harrison tried to explain how linseed oil caused a fire that destroyed his work shed, a judge said his story was ...

Russia is continuing its extensive clean-up operation in the Black Sea’s Kerch Strait, according to the Ministry of Emergency ...

Maritime NZ has said the costs are not insignificant but are "minimal compared with the potentially very high costs associated with a large oil spill". Associate Transport Minister James Meager ...

Diesel has been released into Tauranga Harbour following the capsizing of a barge at the Tauranga Bridge Marina.

The Keystone oil pipeline ruptured Tuesday morning in North Dakota, with the spill confined to an agricultural field. The cause of the rupture and the volume of crude oil spilled were not immediately ...