Spill Stop Limited

09/08/2020

Interesting to note dispersants specifically NOT used. The ecological disaster in the Mexico Gulf demonstrated that "Out Of Sight" is not "Out Of Mind"

Check the pictures. You can see the absorbent booms at work. More needed though.

A state of emergency is declared as a ship runs aground threatening wildlife and tourism.

10/04/2016

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11579394

Ngongotaha Rd was closed to traffic for a few hours this morning after a large diesel spill closed the road. Fire crews from the Ngongotaha Volunteer Fire Brigade closed the road - New Zealand Herald

03/07/2015

So, from the Muffin Break kiosk I can see ASB's exchange rate board and the flippin' NZD has dropped another 2c since my last coffee. I think I need a new brand of coffee, or maybe I am not drinking enough?

22/05/2015

I hope they don't come in threes.

An oil spill from a ruptured onshore pipeline that fouled beaches and threatened wildlife along a scenic stretch of the California coast spread across 9 miles of ocean.

17/05/2015

Our thoughts and best wishes are with Mike.

An experienced power line worker was last night fighting for his life after being flung from a live transformer in Auckland. - New Zealand Herald

30/04/2015

An unfortunate choice of words but the volume is irrelevant. What matters is the clean up effort required, which seems well in hand.

Tauranga-based MP Clayton Mitchell has blasted Mobil's spin doctoring over how much oil has leaked into the harbour. - New Zealand Herald

29/04/2015

There have been a lot of uneducated comments along the lines of "There should have been a plan in place". 10 seconds on Google and you find Bay Of Plenty's Tier II Oil Spill Response Plan.

http://www.boprc.govt.nz/media/373854/2014-8-14-cover-and-introduction-and-operations-tier-ii-plan-controlled-and-amended-version-2.pdf

Quite a comprehensive plan

29/04/2015

Bay of Plenty Regional Council staff are out in boats and in the air checking Tauranga Harbour this morning following yesterday's oil spill at the Port of Tauranga. - Bay of Plenty Times

29/04/2015

International fuel giant Mobil has confirmed it owned the pipe which leaked oil into Tauranga Harbour. - Bay of Plenty Times

29/04/2015

Workers in protective gear cleaned parts of the shoreline in Maungatapu after a large oil leak in the harbour from a Mobil fuel pipeline. - New Zealand Herald

28/04/2015

Sorry to everyone trying to access our website and finding nothing there. A update to make the site more "mobile friendly" went horribly wrong! It should be up and running sometime today. ( Fingers Crossed )