How does winter impact oil pollution damages from ships and boats in Canada?
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Before heading to the warmer spring temperatures, we explored the impacts of winter on our portfolio of incidents. The Fund receives claims for oil pollution damages anytime during the year. But we noticed some particularities when ice, snow, snowstorms, and cold weather are in season.
We examined 15 claims from 13 different winter incidents. The incidents occurred across the country, For more information about each incident, visit: https://ship-rail.gc.ca/ship/claims-decisions.
Sinking of the Chaulk Determination in the icy waters of Trois-Rivières, Quebec
- The incident represents the largest-ever payment for a single incident in our history. Over $4.3 million was paid to compensate two claimants. The cleaning efforts removed a total of 469,270 litres of ice with traces of pollutants in temperatures reaching -40°C.
You can watch a video published by Groupe Océan, company involved in the complex salvage and clean-up operations:
