Safeguarding Protected Mangroves: Harbo Boom in Action During the Repsol Peru Spill

January 2022 Safeguarding Protected Mangroves: Harbo Boom in Action During the Repsol Peru Spill Harbo Boom helped shield vital shoreline habitats during Peru’s largest crude oil spill. In January 2022, a rupture in an offshore pipeline during oil transfer operations near Callao, Peru, resulted in the largest spill in Peruvian history—roughly 11,900 barrels of crude […]

Fast Containment in Northern California: Harbo Boom Prevented Major Contamination

May 2019 Fast Containment in Northern California: Harbo Boom Prevented Major Contamination A two-person crew rapidly contained a refinery spill using Harbo Boom technology. Over Memorial Day weekend in May 2019, a critical valve failure at a refinery in Northern California led to an unplanned release of hydrocarbon product into a nearby slough. In the […]

Rapid Response at the Port of Rotterdam: Harbo Boom Deployed in Major Spill

June 2018 Rapid Response at the Port of Rotterdam: Harbo Boom Deployed in Major Spill Harbo Boom played a critical role in containing one of Europe’s largest fuel spills. In June 2018, the Port of Rotterdam experienced one of the largest fuel spills in recent European maritime history when the MT Bow Jubail released over […]