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On 6 February 1988 the Hong Kong registered bulk carrier Sir Alexander Glen lost approximately 450 tonnes of heavy fuel oil into the waters off Port Walcott, Western Australia when a bunker tank was holed by the ship's anchor.
Exercise Van Diemen was conducted under the National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and Other Noxious and Hazardous Substances in Tasmania with an oil spill scenario situated in the Mersey River in Devonport.
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This report summarises the PSC activities of AMSA, detailing the performance of commercial shipping companies, flag States and Classification Societies for the 2019 calendar year.
Following the oil spill at Port Stanvac in South Australia on 28 June 1999, there was a review to investigate the reason for the spill and whether any corporation or individuals were responsible for the spill and should be prosecuted.
Following the Global Peace oil spill in Gladstone on 24 January 2006, two separate inquiries were undertaken to investigate the circumstances surrounding the cause of, and response to the oil spill.
Under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies, only those spill response chemicals, or oil spill control agents, listed on the National Plan register of oil spill control agents ca