Marine Pollution Control Corporation

Marine Pollution Control Corporation (MPC) was founded in 1967 in Detroit, Michigan. Incorporated a year later, MPC was the first spill cleanup corporation in the Great Lakes region and one of the first in the nation. MPC is a highly mobile, rapid response oriented company that evolved from the early years of oil pollution cleanup into a fully equipped and experienced company capable of providing an effective response to the many conditions encountered in hazardous material spill situations. MPC devised many of the devices and methodologies that are now standard industry practice when dealing with spills of oil and hazardous materials. These include the first commercial use of airlines to transport personnel and equipment promptly and effectively to spill locations. MPC also lead the way in testing and utilization of mobile high-capacity transfer pumping systems. In conjunction with the U.S. Navy, the tests were performed under adverse temperature conditions. These pump systems and