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12 people injured after slipping on oil spill on MG Road

The oil spill as seen on Thursday. (HT)

Published 24 days ago

Fully-loaded Kuwaiti tanker attacked by Iran near Dubai, oil spill feared

An oil tanker was attacked in the Dubai port, damaging the hull and triggering a fire that the Dubai authorities later said was extinguished.

Updated 104 days ago

Oil spill at Sukhna Lake: CPCC pumps out oil; probe ordered

The man-made, rain-fed lake, which spreads over 338 acres, supports around 30 species of fish, including major Indian carps and several exotic varieties. (HT Photo)

Published 177 days ago

Chandigarh: Alarm as oil spill triggers fish deaths at Sukhna Lake

At present, Sukhna Lake operates 135 paddle boats, five shikaras and one cruise boat with a capacity of 20 passengers. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

Published 178 days ago

Preliminary findings show a fatigue crack caused a Keystone Pipeline oil spill in North Dakota

Preliminary findings show a fatigue crack caused a Keystone Pipeline oil spill in North Dakota

Published 240 days ago

2 indicted for Pearl Harbour fuel spill that sickened 6,000 people in 2021

Rear Adm. John Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads Navy and civilian water quality recovery experts through the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 23, 2021.

Published 317 days ago

Woman escapes with minor injuries after being dragged by tempo

The helmet was completely damaged but it protected the victim from any major injury. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Published 357 days ago

Blaze, explosions continue on cargo vessel; oil advisory issued

Indian Coast Guard ships carry out the firefighting operation on Tuesday after a fire broke out on a Singapore-flagged ship following a container explosion off the Kerala coast on Monday (AFP)

Published 397 days ago

Troubling gaps in India’s coastal governance

India must fundamentally reconsider its engagement with vessels flagged to jurisdictions known for lax compliance (PTI)

Published 403 days ago

Cargo containers along Kerala coast: Salvage firm deputed to remove ship debris

Security officials stand near containers from the Liberian cargo ship MSC ELSA 3, which sank off the Kochi coast (PTI)

Published 411 days ago

Salvage firm tasked to remove debris of Liberian-flagged cargo vessel off Kerala coast

A container of Liberia-flagged container vessel MSC ELSA 3 that capsized off Kochi coast washed ashore at Kollam coast (ANI Grab)

Published 411 days ago

Over two dozen containers from capsized ship land on Kerala shores

Containers from the Liberian cargo ship MSC ELSA 3 that sank off the Kochi coast drifted ashore in Kollam district of Kerala on Monday (PTI)

Published 412 days ago

Kerala on alert after foreign ship sinks, public asked to stay away from coast

Liberian-flagged ship's containers heading towards the Kerala coast after it sunk in the middle of the sea.

Updated 413 days ago

Liberian ship sinks; leaking oil, cargo hazard sparks alert in Kerala

Liberian-flagged container ship sank off the Kerala coast (AFP)

Published 413 days ago

Kerala shipwreck raises alarm: How harmful is the calcium carbide, oil spillage?

A Liberian-flagged container ship with hazardous cargo has sunk off India's southern coast of Kerala, the navy said on May 25, after rescuing all 24 crew members safely.

Updated 413 days ago

Woman travelling with fiancé dies in road crash in Dadar

Mumbai, India. Mar 04, 2025: A 25-year-old bike pillion woman rider lost her life after unknown vehicles ran over her at the Bhiwada flyover in Mumbai.Mumbai, India. Mumbai, India. Mar 04, 2025. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo (Hindustan Times)

Published 495 days ago

Russia clears 86,000 metric tons of contaminated sand after Black Sea oil spill

People work to clear spilled oil in Russia

Updated 554 days ago

Bikers skid, fall on Hyderabad road after tanker spills oil, video shows chaos

In a video, men and women were seen sprawled on the road along with their fallen two-wheelers.

Published 588 days ago

Samoa warns of 'highly probable' oil spill from New Zealand navy ship that sank and caught fire

Samoa warns of 'highly probable' oil spill from New Zealand navy ship that sank and caught fire

Published 644 days ago

Philippines begins transfer of oil cargo from sunken tanker

Philippines begins transfer of oil cargo from sunken tanker

Published 698 days ago

Singapore: Sentosa’s Tanjong, Palawan, Siloso beaches closed after oil spill

People walk next to an oil slick at Tanjong Beach on Sentosa, Singapore June 15, 2024. Singapore travel alert: Sentosa’s Tanjong, Palawan, Siloso beaches closed after oil spill

Published 758 days ago

Officials investigating potential oil spill off Huntington Beach in California

This handout photo released on March 8, 2024 by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) shows an aerial view of a Unified Command with representatives from the US Coast Guard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Office of Spill Prevention and Response (CDFW-OSPR), and Orange County Sheriff's Department responding to an oil sheen observed off the shore of Huntington Beach, California. The US Coast Guard is investigating a two-mile wide oil spill just off the California coast near Los Angeles, officials said on March 8.

Published 855 days ago

Tourism crisis in Trinidad and Tobago: Oil spill forces closure of beach resorts

Workers clean oil at Lambeau Beach, a week after an oil spill was first spotted, in Tobago Island, Trinidad and Tobago. Tourism crisis in Trinidad and Tobago: Oil spill forces closure of beach resorts at Caribbean coastlines.

Published 877 days ago

Oil tanker overturns in Thane; driver injured

HT Image

Published 928 days ago

Ammonia gas leak at Tamil Nadu unit, over 50 hospitalised

Police personnel stand guard outside a plant of Coromandel International Ltd, a fertilizer manufacturing company, after an incident of ammonia gas leakage at the factory, at Ennore in Chennai district (PTI)

Updated 928 days ago

Aiming to control oil spill within two days: TN govt

Officials take sample after an oil spill in the Bay of Bengal off the Ennore Creek area in the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung in Chennai on Friday. (PTI)

Updated 938 days ago

75 Boats, 300 workers engaged in clearing Chennai's Ennore Creek oil spill

Chennai: Rescue officials clean after an oil spill in the Bay of Bengal off the Ennore Creek area in the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung, in Chennai, Friday.

Published 940 days ago

Tourism in Philippines' Pola hit by oil spill, tourists cancel reservations

An aerial view shows the oil spill from the sunken fuel tanker MT Princess Empress on the shores of Pola, in Oriental Mindoro province, Philippines, March 8, 2023. Tourism in Philippine province hit by oil spill, tourists cancel reservations in peak season

Updated 1222 days ago

Southern California beach set to reopen after worst oil spill

Cleanup workers search for contaminated sand and seaweed in front of drilling platforms and container ships about one week after an oil spill from an offshore oil platform. The heavy crude oil spill affected close to 25 miles of coastline in Orange County. Huntington Beach is open but the public is not allowed to enter the water.

Updated 1735 days ago

Authorities scramble to clean-up California’s worst oil spill in years

‘CATASTROPHIC’: A long-billed curlew walks through oily water near a containment boom on Newport Beach, California.

Published 1742 days ago

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