Pollution Control

UK-headquartered NRG Marine has launched at METS 2017 Soni8, the company’s first ultrasonic anti-fouling system designed specifically for large commercial vessels and superyachts, and achieved a DAME award nomination.

A new Norwegian technology is helping to solve pollution problems in ports by collecting waste from the water surface.

UK gas safety charity, The CORGI Trust, and The Port of Liverpool Police force  have been  urging foreign vessel crew members arriving into UK ports, and all personnel working on vessels, to…

Ecology consultancy Thomson Ecology has published images showing the scale of the microplastics problem and the way that these plastics are entering our food chain.

The new Evac EcoTreat biological wastewater treatment plant is claimed to deliver the best of both worlds for owners of small vessels, with cost-effective treatment of black and gray water that meets…

The offshore vessel ‘KL Sandefjord’, owned by K Line Offshore AS, is the first offshore vessel with the DNV GL class notation Shore Power.

A ground-breaking new scientific study, will examine the impact of climate change and other environmental factors on the world’s marine ecosystem.

A new project which seeks to protect marine ecosystems from the negative effects of invasive aquatic species has been given the green light.

A training exercise testing the response capabilities of Shannon Foynes Port Company, local authorities and other organisations who operate in the vicinity of the Shannon Estuary, Ireland recently took place at Spanish…

The UK’s Port of London Authority has reported a successful take-up of its ‘Green Discount’ incentive scheme.

Denmark’s DESMI Ro-Clean A/S and Finland’s SeaHow, both key players in the global oil spill solutions and oil spill response vessels market, have announced a new strategic partnership.

Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU) provided 213 services to vessels carrying more than 2.5 million tonnes of potentially polluting cargoes during operations in 2016.

Global environmental solutions company, Lamor Corporation, has demonstrated an innovative new way to recover oil in Halifax, Canada, which is based on the fish net trawling principle.

Recycling Technologies (RT) has developed a process which can boost the recycling rate of plastic waste to produce a new fuel.

According to Belgium-headquartered Subsea Technologies, a pioneer in the development of hard hull coating systems and hull and propeller cleaning systems, the entry into force of the Ballast Water Convention this September…

A new oil spill response workboat has been produced by Portuguese company – SWB, Seismic Workboats, Lda which is headquartered in Peniche.

The Moskito oil salvage tool, developed in Norway by Miko Marine AS has recovered its first hydrocarbons from a half submerged ship in Chile.