Pollution Control

Barcelona City Council has backed an initiative to establish an Emission Control Area (ECA) in the Mediterranean Sea (Med-ECA) to limit air pollution produced by ships and is urging the Spanish Government…

Norway marine supplier, Agder Dykk, is extending its scope with a new underwater robotic vehicle.

A new system has been developed for applying Miko magnetic patches to ships that have been holed by ice in Polar waters in order to prevent pollution.

Despite the apparently pristine surface of Oslo Harbour, “we don’t know yet what’s really under the water,” said the port’s chief engineer Edvin Kongsten Wibetoe.

A strange odour that lingered around the Nidelven river in Norway was, according to local media, thick enough to cause nose and throat irritation.

A workboat-based drone could look out for marine mammals or other warm-blooded species in high-risk locations around windfarms, port developments or even seismic survey areas.

Waterway maintenance company Water Witch has successfully reduced the level of pollution in the water spaces around Princes Dock, Liverpool Waters, following the completion of a five-month contract with Peel Land and…

German technology company Continental has developed a new generation of floating oil barrier for use at sea. With a width of 3200mm, they are especially suitable for rough water.

Teesport has become the first UK port to actively minimise the risk of plastic pellets leaking into the environment, as its operator PD Ports has signed up to the Operation Clean Sweep…

C-Job Naval Architects is proud to announce its partnership with The Ocean Cleanup a not-for-profit that is dedicated towards ridding the world’s oceans of plastic.

A new remote monitoring system is being put to the test as part of the first-ever ocean cleanup system which will eventually go to work on a large-scale cleaning project in the…

Four Norwegian companies have formed a new partnership to provide an oil spill response service reports Dag Pike.

The answer to the rubbish in our oceans “is already in our hands”, Robert Garbett, CEO of Drone Major Group told Stevie Knight.

There’s been a shift, Adrian Scales of Brookes Bell, told MJ: “The industry is now moving away from prescribed salvage methodology to a vessel-by-vessel approach,” one that takes into consideration the “evolving”…

US company Elastec, that specialises in oil pollution equipment, offers a portable balloon system that can be uses to monitor oil spills.

4200 dwat vessel ‘Fehn Pollux’ will be the first ship to be equipped with the prototype of a newly developed sail propulsion system which will save significant fuel cost: The Eco Flettner.

Oliver Steeds the CEO of Nekton, or Nekton Oxford Deep Ocean Research Institute to give it its full name, believes we are standing on “the threshold of catastrophe”; and it’s maritime data…

“The use of dispersant for oil is controversial,” said John Hughes of Ayles Fernie. “If you pour dispersant into the sea, it just creates another issue on top of your original problem.”