Pollution Control

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

In a first for the UK, Halyard will showcase the new Wavebrite SMART wastewater filtration system at Seawork.

3rd April 2023

Halyard keeps it clean at Seawork

3rd April 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In what has been branded a ‘major incident’ by media, 200 barrels of reservoir fluid (85% water, 15% oil) have leaked from a pipeline into Poole harbour on the south coast of…

27th March 2023

Oil clean-up underway at Europe’s largest natural harbour

27th March 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new hybrid multi-purpose workboat has been put to use at the Port of Lowestoft collecting marine litter and debris from the water surface.

10th March 2023

New workboat eats debris

10th March 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Clean Sea Solutions is using software and AI-optimised autonomous systems to deliver cleaner waters to the Port of Oslo, Alesund and beyond.

28th February 2023

Norwegian startup targets autonomous port clean-up

28th February 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

After months of deliberations over what to do about the São Paulo aircraft carrier, the French-built warship has been deliberately sunk in the Atlantic in what NGOs are calling  ‘an environmental tragedy’.

15th February 2023

Brazil detonates toxic warship at sea

15th February 2023

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is offering €5.2 million for oil spill response support from ’vessels of opportunity’, which could include RIBs, tugboats, fishing vessels or other boats not usually put…

15th February 2023

EMSA opens oil spill response to more vessels

15th February 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The EU Commission has referred Ireland to the Court of Justice for failing to correctly transpose the Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC) into national law. 

6th February 2023

EU takes Ireland to court over water pollution directive

6th February 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A battery-powered robot is about to be unveiled by Dutch firm RanMarine Technology, which specialises in autonomous vessels and drones on water.

3rd February 2023

WATCH: Shark robot takes a bite out of pollution

3rd February 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Nearly 2% of all ocean fishing gear is lost in the waves, according to a report by Science Advances, an American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) open access journal.

18th October 2022

Report gives stark estimates of ocean plastic

18th October 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The London Protocol has been amended so that sewage sludge can no longer be dumped in the ocean.

11th October 2022

Ban enforced on dumping sewage at sea

11th October 2022