OPA '90 requires all vessels carrying oil in bulk cargo to have double hulls by 2015 via a phasing-in process. The IFR provided technical standards for double-hulling vessels that OPA '90 itself ...

The law governing the cleanup of the BP oil spill is the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, or OPA 90, as it's known. It was enacted by Congress in response to the Exxon Valdez disaster the year before.

The Coast Guard published a final rule amending Coast Guard regulations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), in Title 33… Friday, February 9, 2024. SUBSCRIBE.

Bouchard Coastwise Management Co., Hicksville, NY. has added to its growing fleet of double-hull articulated ocean-going tug/barge units (ATB) with the delivery from Bollinger Shipyards, Inc ...

OPA 90 never envisioned a comprehensive oil spill response system in these remote stretches of Western Alaska and the U.S. Arctic; however, such a system is becoming more necessary with time.