Closing the First-Response Gap in Aquaculture Spill Incidents
March 2026 Closing the First-Response Gap in Aquaculture Spill Incidents In marine aquaculture, the margin between a manageable operational incident and a serious environmental event is often measured in minutes. Fuel transfers, hydraulic hose failures, minor vessel collisions, and routine maintenance mishaps are part of working on water. When they occur within a farming grid, […]
Rapid Shoreline Defense: Harbo Boom Activated by Singapore MPA after Spill
April 2025 Rapid Shoreline Defense: Harbo Boom Activated by Singapore MPA after Spill The MPA deployed Harbo Boom to contain oil and protect Singapore’s wetlands. On the evening of April 3, 2025, oil from a ruptured pipeline at Malaysia’s Langsat Terminal entered Singapore waters. The spill spread across the Johor Strait, reaching sensitive coastal areas […]
Protecting Ecuador’s Rivers and Mangroves: Harbo Boom Deployed after Pipeline Disaster
March 2025 Protecting Ecuador’s Rivers and Mangroves: Harbo Boom Deployed after Pipeline Disaster Harbo Boom enabled rapid shoreline protection in remote Ecuadorian terrain. In mid-March 2025, unusually heavy rains caused a landslide that ruptured Ecuador’s SOTE pipeline in Esmeraldas Province. More than 25,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into local waterways, contaminating at least three […]
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 […]