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Spate of oil spills highlight importance of containment booms

The spate of oil spills over the last year highlights the importance of containment booms and the need for governments, companies and coastal authorities to be more proactive rather than reactive. It has barely been a month into 2022 but the world has already seen two major oil spills that could have devastating impacts on coastlines, wildlife and ecosystems on both sides of the world. As ...

How oil booms work

Explaining how oil booms work and the various options that Ecocoast is able to deploy for a variety of uses. An oil boom (also known as an oil containment boom) is a floating, physical barrier to ...

Oil Stop Aids California Firefighting Effort

In August 2020 the Oil Stop Division of AMPOL shipped its new model SFB18TT containment boom to California to aid the firefighting effort. One of the tools commonly used in fighting forest fires is “Bambi” buckets under-slung from ...

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IBC Spill Containment Pallet without Drain

Double Stack IBC Tanks And Save Valuable Floor Space! UltraTech’s IBC Spill Pallet’s 16,000 lb. weight capacity, allows you to safely double stack IBC containers, preventing unwanted spills in tight places. Its large, 400-gallon spill containment capacity keeps you in compliance with EPA and SPCC spill containment regulations and its all-polyethylene construction provides excellent ...