Important Notice: Fort Lauderdale Base Closure

Due to the pending landfall of Hurricane Milton in the area of Florida in the United States, OSRL is transferring response operational control for the Americas Region to OSRL's Southampton base at 4:00 PM EST 7 October 2024. OSRL remains response ready on a global basis.

 

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First Four Weeks of the Bahrain Offline Program

mardi 3 mai 2022

First four weeks of the Bahrain offline program

It is hard to believe we are already four weeks into the Bahrain offline programme.

Offliner Diaries: Week two; Safety

lundi 25 avril 2022

Offliner Diaries: Week two; Safety

Last week, the UK responders commenced their second week on the offline course. Daniel Lambley talks about how the course is going and the safety learnings.

Offliner Diaries: Week one; Introduction and Fundamentals

mardi 19 avril 2022

Offliner Diaries: Week one; Introduction and Fundamentals

The Offliners course for the new UK Responders began in March, over the next 12 weeks, these new responders will be immersed in tactical and practical training to prepare them for responding to oil spills globally. 

Week one saw the new Responders learning about the Oil and Gas industry and the role of OSRL.

 

RRT Take Time Out with OSRL

jeudi 16 septembre 2021

RRT Take Time Out With OSRL

Regional Response Team spoke with Paul Foley, Regional Response Manager (Europe & Africa) about OSRL's partnership with ExxonMobil. 

Journey into Diversity - Interview with Ho Yei Ling

mardi 17 août 2021

Journey into Diversity - Interview with Ho Yei Ling

Ho Yei Ling, Senior Logistic Lead with OSRL, shares how the diversity of her OSRL roles in the last 12 years has enriched her knowledge and skills and allowed her to delve into her passion for Logistics.

 

How have we been looking after the wellbeing of our employees during the pandemic?

mercredi 7 avril 2021

How have we been looking after the wellbeing of our employees during the pandemic?

The pandemic and the rise of remote working has created several wellbeing challenges for people and businesses worldwide. At OSRL, the Crisis Management Team recognised this fact and prioritised wellbeing from the very beginning.    

Andrew Couch, Wellbeing Lead, talks about how we have been looking after the wellbeing of our employees throughout the pandemic.

Face to Face Training in Times of Pandemic – Trainers’ Perspective

mardi 16 mars 2021

Face to Face Training in Times of Pandemic – Trainers’ Perspective

We have completed our first face-to-face customised training in Singapore since the circuit breaker in April 2020, whilst adhering to Covid safety measures. This attests to our dedication to both preparedness and response solutions, whether in an emergency or peacetime.

 

In this article, we hear from our Trainers, Yow Lih Hern and Norman Ramos on their experience.

 

OSRL’s West Africa Surveillance Platform (WASP) supports the Gabonese Navy in a search and rescue operation

jeudi 4 février 2021

WASP Search and Rescue

OSRL has recently supported the Gabonese Navy in a fantastic collaboration between multiple agencies to save lives at sea.

On Sunday 24th January, a mayday message was sent by the ‘Marie Alexandra’, a French fishing trawler in distress...

Embracing Remote Working

mardi 16 juin 2020

Embracing Remote Working

Although this period has been testing on everyone, having remote experiences from different viewpoints enables us to explore and further improve our service delivery. Learning what pitfalls to avoid and what makes for a pleasant albeit remote customer journey can be shared and incorporated into our services. As the world moves towards a more virtual work setup, OSRL will not linger behind. 

There is Always Room for Kindness

jeudi 21 mai 2020

There is always room for kindness

Fareshare is the UK's national network of charitable food redistributors. Facing a huge increase in demand, Fareshare were desperate for warehouse space and transport support. So OSRL created some space at its Southampton Base which has since then provided for 231,250 meals. All these done while keeping the social distancing and working safely despite the amount of manual handling and forklift work.