Friday 9 January 09 - 05:15
 

Pollution Control

  • EMSA Oil Recovery Vessel Contracts Finalised

    21 Feb 2008

    The European Marine Safety Agency (EMSA) has recently awarded contracts worth €18.4m over three years that will see seven oil product tankers, three from the UK, two Spanish, one Maltese and one Greek, joining their fleet of oil recovery vessels to be made available at short notice in specific areas for oil recovery operations while otherwise still carrying out their normal commercial trading duties. They will be either primary or back-up vessels. 

  • Reducing Pollution Threat is Salvage Priority

    21 Feb 2008

    Given the huge volumes of crude oil transported worldwide, the tanker industry has achieved a remarkable reduction in the number of significant oil spills, which has fallen to less than five per year. Nevertheless, industry, governments and the public at large remain aware that a major spill threat can arise at any moment. 

  • Hungry SludgeHammer Eats Marine Waste

    21 Feb 2008

    The Liverpool based Bibby Line, which owns and operates ships, offshore units and floating accommodation barges, recently deployed a vessel of the latter type, 'Bibby Progress', to Nigeria, where it was to house some 700 workers for a number of months. 

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