Williams Shipping Oil Spill Services
- May 7
- 2 min read
Williams Shipping have been involved in oil spill services for over 70 years. By holding key contracts with government organisations for oil spill services and counter pollution response, they have been able to train and develop our staff to the highest standards.
Williams Shipping oil spill services include:24 HOUR RESPONSE
In conjunction with their marine and road haulage divisions, their incident response team is ready to respond 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Williams Shipping also hold airside liability insurance allowing them to deploy equipment direct to aircraft for rapid response.
BOOM DEPLOYMENT
Boom Deployment is a strategy developed to help stabilise hazardous oils in a moving body of water, preventing the spread of toxic pollution to the surrounding areas.
With a wealth of experience in the marine environment, Williams Shipping have built a reputation as one of the UK’s leading boom deployment specialists. Williams Shipping have deployed booms in Tier 3 oil spills in the UK and abroad. Williams Shipping hold their own stock of boom for use in coastal, estuarine and inland waterway incidents and for booming of ships during bunkering operations.
Williams Shipping regularly provide vessels to OSRL for training, of which recently Blade Runner Two was utilised for a boom deployment exercise assisted by the Wiljive.
CONTINGENCY PLANNING
They have significant experience in the production of risk assessments, estuarine surveys for boom deployment and spill recovery plans for use in contingency planning for both ports and local authorities.
COUNTER POLLUTION VESSELS AND EQUIPMENT
Operating a number of specialist marine response vessels which can quickly be dispatched to an incident site for use in booming and/or pollution recovery. As well as being qualified and experienced boat handlers, their marine staff are trained in the use of specialist counter pollution equipment.
Williams Shipping counter pollution equipment includes:
Floatation booms
Sorbent booms
Mobile oil recovery equipment
Beach clean-up equipment
Specialist personal protective equipmentPollution storage tanks
The equipment is containerised for fast dispatch to incidents nationwide.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Williams Shipping work closely with specialist waste contractors and will ensure that any recovered waste is dealt with in accordance with the applicable legislation.
From bases in Southampton and Milford Haven, Williams Shipping are able to deploy their oil spill services and rapidly respond to incidents nationwide. Under the UK Oil Spill Contractors Accreditation Scheme, Williams Shipping are accredited for Fresh Water and Marine response.
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