Latest Environment News – Page 138
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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.
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Pollution Prevention Proposal
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council to equip the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), established last year in the wake of the Erika disaster, with the legal and technical means necessary to operate specialised pollution response ships and equipment for ...
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Pay Salvors More for Pollution Prevention Says ISU President
Marine salvors meeting in Athens last month expressed deep disappointment at the failure of the joint industry committee to raise SCOPIC Special Compensation rates in line with inflation since they were negotiated four years ago.
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NewsCommitment to Renewable Energy is Good News
Marine contractors in the UK have responded positively to news that the UK government plans a major expansion of offshore windfarms in UK waters. Many contractors are already actively involved in the development of offshore windfarms, whether conducting environmental and geotechnical assessments, preparing the seabed for the installation of wind ...
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NewsNew Coating Promises Zero Pollution
Loodsboot 1, a large pilot cutter owned by the Belgian state''s pilot services recently became the first ship to be entirely coated in Ostend, Belgium with an STC (surface treated coating) called ECOSPEED.
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Watts Happening for German Pollution Control Vessel
STN Schiffselektrik GmbH , a subsidiary of STN Atlas Marine Electronics , has been awarded a contract by Peene-Werft shipyard for the supply of all electrical and electronic equipment to be installed aboard a project named SUBS Ostee , a new pollution control vessel built for Germany''s Federal Waterways Engineering ...
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NewsPISCES 2 Networks Pollution Response Management
seawork exhibitor Transas hasintroduced its next generation Potential Incident Simulation, Control and Evaluation System (PISCES 2).
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NewsLamor Set to Clean Up at seawork2003
First time exhibitors, Finland''s Lamor Corporation , adds to the increasingly international flavour of seawork . The company designs and produces workboats and dedicated oil recovery vessels in a range of standard and custom designed models and sizes which can be outfitted with a specially developed line of advancing skimmer ...
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MCA Brings Successful Prosecution of Pollution Ship
The UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency successfully prosecuted Freedom Investments of Panama earlier this month following an incident last year when one of their general cargo vessels breached the Prevention of Oil Pollution Regulations.
