Marine noise news
‘ Ocean Noise: Turn it Down’ , a report published last month by IFAW, says that noise pollution of the world’ s oceans poses a serious threat to marine animals and that urgent international action should be taken to counter it.
The shipyard has produced a large number of tugs of this type, based on a very successful design from Robert Allan Ltd
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Over the years the original design has been refined in the light of experience gained locally and through other operators also using vessels built by Irving
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In this instance the tugs are required to meet the requirements of Lloyds Register Ice Class 1A FS for operation in Scandinavian waters
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Steadily increasing man-made noise, particularly from shipping, sonar and seismic surveys, is interfering with marine mammals’ communication, dramatically altering their behaviour and even killing some of them
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