News & Events

IOPC Funds regret to announce the sad passing of Mr Samuel Minkeng

Posted: 08/07/2020
Categories: News – External Relations

The Director announces with deep regret that the second Vice-Chair of the 1992 Fund Assembly, Mr Samuel Roger Minkeng of Cameroon, has passed away after a short illness.   Mr Minkeng actively represented Cameroon at IOPC Funds’ meetings for over 10 years and…

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Preliminary information on the November 2020 meeting of the IOPC Funds’ governing bodies

Posted: 03/07/2020
Categories: News – Policy

Preliminary information on the 2020 meeting of the IOPC Funds’ governing bodies, which is provisionally scheduled to take place during the week commencing 2 November 2020, has now been issued. The following sessions are…

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An update on the reopening of the IOPC Funds’ offices and planned activities in 2020

Posted: 11/06/2020
Categories: News – External Relations

As a precautionary measure in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the IOPC Funds’ Secretariat has been working remotely since 12 March 2020.  However, the Claims Submission Office for the Agia Zoni II…

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Interspill delayed to 2022 as a unified response to COVID-19

Posted: 01/05/2020
Categories: News – External Relations

As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as part of a coordinated response by the three triennial oil spill events, it has been agreed that the next European spill conference, Interspill,…

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Nauru to become the 118th Member State of the 1992 Fund

Posted: 29/04/2020
Categories: News – Policy

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has informed the Director of the IOPC Funds that the Republic of Nauru deposited instruments of accession to the 1992 Civil Liability and Fund Conventions on 23…

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Claims assessment, oil report processing and protection of the Funds’ assets continue despite temporary remote working arrangements

Posted: 22/04/2020
Categories: News – Policy

In light of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, the IOPC Funds’ Secretariat continues to work remotely.  Despite these temporary working arrangements, it continues to carry out its core tasks to the extent…

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