Pollution Control

The £16 million, UK flagship programme of Arctic research is returning on a scientific cruise to the Arctic Ocean.

A new non-profit environment association aiming to raise greater awareness of global maritime issues and the ocean environment is launching in Lisbon on this spring.

A new project is exploiting the ultra-low detection ability of laboratory equipment to measure extremely low nutrient concentrations in Mediterranean waters.

Ratifications from Canada and Turkey have brought a key IMO compensation treaty covering the transport of hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) by ship closer to entry into force.

The German organisation, Control Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), together with Ecologists in Action, have carried out measurements of atmospheric emissions from sea traffic in the Straits of Gibraltar and Barcelona,…

The IMO has set an absolute target for emissions reduction across the entire maritime industry for the first time in history.

British Science Week will this year focus on the ocean and the significance of science and technology in combating harmful levels of plastic in our seas.

Integrated systems manufacturers Ocean Scientific International Ltd are reporting high levels of interest in their Oil Spill Monitoring buoys following several recent installations in the Middle East and exposure at the world…

On January 14, 2018, the Iranian oil tanker ‘Sanchi’, carrying nearly a million barrels of ultra-light crude oil, sank in the East China Sea. The tanker had been burning for days, and…

Now in its 20th year and following a well-received 2015 event in Amsterdam, this year’s industry-leading Interspill oil spill conference and exhibition will be held at the ExCeL in London, UK.

Popular beaches across the UK could become cleaner thanks to an innovative waste bin designed by a student at the University of East London (UEL).

A shipping decarbonisation initiative has been shortlisted for a 2018 GREEN4SEA award which recognises an appreciation of environmental excellence and sustainable shipping.

A Moskito hot tap tool and oil recovery system from Norway’s Miko Marine extracted 400 tonnes of heavy fuel oil from the tanks of the sunken general cargo vessel ‘Thorco Cloud’ last…

The European Commission has published a stakeholder survey Reducing marine litter: actions on single use plastics and abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear as part of the follow up to the…

The recent entry into force of ballast water regulations and the well-publicised tribulations of onboard BWT systems could give rise to a new kind of service and a different type of harbour…

The 23rd session of the UN’s Climate Change Conference, ‘COP 23’, took place in Bonn, Germany from November 6th – 17th. Under the aegis of the main conference, the ‘Ambition 1.5°C: Global…

ABP’s Garston team in the UK has participated in a full-day oil spill emergency planning exercise in order to improve incident response times and demonstrate its readiness to deal with similar incidents…