ISU Call for 'Casualty Management Guidelines'

The sinkings and subsequent pollution disasters that were Erika and Prestige have led the ISU to call for broadly based Casualty Management Guidelines.

Western Europe has been the focus of regulatory developments in recent years concerning accidental pollution from ships. The total losses of the Erika and, subsequently, the Prestige have done much to harden attitudes in the wake of catastrophic pollution.

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