Environment News – Page 137
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NewsOrders for French Fast Oil Recovery System are Taking Off
By the end of this year, four ships equipped with the JLMD fast oil recovery system will be sailing the seas. The first, a tanker belonging to Italian shipowner Navigazione Montanari , was launched and christened on 15 September.
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NewsDockyard Contamination Investigation Gets Underway
Fugro Engineering Services of Basingstoke UK is conducting a series of contamination surveys for Serco Assurance at the Rosyth Dockyard in Fife.
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News'Royal Oak' Oil Removal Continues
A major operation to remove oil from the wreck of HMS Royal Oak continues this summer. The warship was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1939 while lying at anchor off Scapa Flow.
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UK Government 'Complacent' on Oil Spill Planning
The UK''s 10,000 mile-long coastline is under threat from oil spills due to outdated local authority contingency plans, according to a paper released last month by the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC).
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NewsTyne River Clean-Up Project
An ambitious scheme to clean up the River Tyne has been given approval. The River Clean-Up Project , led by the Port of tyne and managed by Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council , has received £ 272,000 from SITA Environmental Trust and £ 20,000 from the UK Environment Agency to add ...
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NewsNorway and France Embrace Pollution Prevention
Rapidly increasing tanker traffic along the coast of Norway, especially in the far north, has raised fears of extensive pollution in the event of a tanker grounding. An important role of the new UT512 design for the Norwegian Coastguard will therefore be towing and pollution prevention.
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Flanders Moves Waste to Water
The European Commission hasapproved a Belgium Flemish scheme to subsidise domestic waste transport through inland waterways to the tune of 7.4m. The project will offset the additional costs of transporting domestic waste by inland waterway rather than road.
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Newsseawork Exhibitor's Booms Don't Bust
Following an EU Tender, seawork2004 exhibitor Vikoma International has won an order to supply 600m of Hd Boom on reels to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency ''s anti-pollution stockpile. The Southampton based firm''s oil containment booms have earned a worldwide reputation for effectiveness and durability, and their latest Hd Boom ...
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NewsBilge Cleaning System Meets IMO Regulations
Sweden based Marinfloc AB claims to be the first and only company currently manufacturing an Emulsion Breaking Bilge Water Cleaning System (EBBWCS) that gives shipowners and shipyards a solution to fulfil the new IMO environmental regulations for newbuilding which come into force on 1 January 2005.
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HNS Convention Sneaking Up On Ports
London law firm Lawrence Graham says shipping is focusing on complying with ISPS requirements while another soon to be enforced Convention, which will have major ramifications for all aspects of shipping, goes largely unnoticed. Writing in the latest issue of Shipping Lawgram , the firm''s shipping partner Imogen Rumbold says ...
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News'Baby' Bilge Water Separator Suitable for Workboats
Earlier this year Westfalia Separator launched its new WTC 2 high speed centrifuge for separating oil from bilge water down to 5ppm. The new machine can treat up to 1m 3/hr of oily water and is well suited for small vessel applications such as port and harbour workboats.
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News'Polkitten's Are Slick In the Oil
In the continuing agitated wake of the Prestige disaster, Ro-Clean Desmi and its Madrid representative SENTEC have delivered a third specialised oil spill control vessel to Spain.
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NewsMENAS' Pollution Boat Launched in Romania
A new oil spill response vessel for the Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) was launched at the Galatz Shipyard in Romania last month and has been towed to Damen ''s Royal Schelde Shipyard in the Netherlands for completion, outfitting and commissioning.
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NewsSalvors Warn Spain of Pollution Repeat
The Spanish Government''s decision to put a half a billion dollar price tag on a place of refuge for ships in distress is counter-productive and in some situations could actually increase the threat of environmental pollution according to the International Salvage Union (ISU).
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NewsSMS Down By the San Francisco Bay Area
Transas Marine USA has been awarded a contract to provide a Spill Management Simulator (SMS) to the California Maritime Academy''s Institute of Maritime Technology .
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Pakistan Pollution Detention Prompts ISU Ire
The International Salvage Union has deplored the decision of a Pakistani Court to detain the Salvage Master involved in the recent Tasman Spirit salvage operation after the tanker had grounded at Karachi Port.
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NewsLamor the Merrier With Global Growth
Finland based oil spill clean-up equipment manufacturer Lamor Corporation continues its global expansion with the establishment of a subsidiary in the United States. The office is the result of collaboration with Lamor ''s former US distributor, Hyde Marine Inc , and is expected to grow into a production facility, shortening ...
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MEPs Back Ship Pollution Criminal Sanctions
The Transport Committee of the European Parliament has welcomed Commission proposals earlier this month designed to lead to criminal sanctions for ships that cause pollution at sea.
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Port Authority Settles 'Sea Empress' Claims
Two claims which had been laid against Milford Haven Port Authority in the wake of the Sea Empress grounding in 1996 have finally been resolved.
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NewsPuerto Rican Pollution Prevention
Titan Maritime successfully refloated the M/V Kent Reliant at San Juan Harbour in Puerto Rico last month at the end of a 13 day salvage and response operation. The 522ft cargo ship had grounded just outside the harbour, raising fears of pollution damage to environmentally sensitive areas.
