EMSA Takes Spill Response to Atlantic

01 Feb 2007

Lamor and Clean Globe International, member companies of the Lamor Group, will establish an oil spill centre equipment stockpile at Sines in Portugal. For the three year contract, awarded to Lamor in a EU tender, the 3,000dwt chemical/oil tanker MT Galp Marine will be contracted and pre-fitted as an occasional oil spill recovery vessel by March.   

Port of LA CAAPs Air Pollution

01 Feb 2007

The Port of Los Angeles in California USA and the local South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) are partnering on a demonstration project to use electrically powered tractors to tow cargo containers from the Port to local warehouses and rail yards. The $527,000 initiative, funded by the Port and AQMD, will explore the feasibility of replacing diesel powered tractors with ultra-clean electrically powered units.   

‘Action Plan’ for European Pollution

01 Feb 2007

Salvors are seeking a meeting with EU Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Commissioner Joe Borg to present their case for the adoption of new measures to reduce the risk of another spill disaster in European waters.  In response to the EU’s Green Paper on Future Maritime Policy, the International Salvage Union (ISU) is proposing an ‘Action Plan for Spill Risk Reduction in EU Waters’, which centres on reinforcing salvage as the first line of defence against ship source pollution.