Pollution Control

According to US-headquartered global marine transmission specialist, Twin Disc, the manoeuvrability afforded by its transmissions is key to effective oil spill collection.

Together with AIDA Cruises, Germany’s Becker Marine Systems has won the Seatrade Cruise Award for “Environmental Initiative of the Year”, judged by an independent jury.

Global classification society DNV GL and 25 partners from the Norwegian maritime industry and the Norwegian authorities have presented the five pilot projects that will be pursued as part of Norway’s Green…

American company Elastec has announced that it has expanded the capabilities of its unique oil spill recovery system by developing a complete system that includes the launch and recovery of the oil…

Interspill 2015, the European oil spill conference and exhibition, took place at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam across 3 days, from 24-26 March. Over 1,250 delegates, visitors and exhibitors from 75…

American company Elastec has demonstrated its new 1.5 metre BoomVane oil recovery system off the coast of France. The BoomVane is designed to recover oil spills using just one towing vessel thus…

A wide-scale industry project ‘Retrofit’, which aimed to determine efficient methods and tools for retrofitting existing ships with green technologies, has drawn to a close after three years.

The Ocean Cleanup, founded by the Dutchman Boyan Slat who invented a method aimed at cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, has announced its next major project: the Mega Expedition, in…

Just like shipping, Ports and harbours have a responsibility to prevent pollution to the environment. Alan Scrafton, from UK spill responder, Adler and Allan, spoke to ‘Maritime Journal’ about this legislation and…

Interspill 2015 will be held at Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, the Netherlands, on 24-26 March 2015, co-organised by Reed Exhibitions and Interspill Ltd. and hosted by the Spill Response Group Holland (SRGH).…

“How do we know if the Baltic sea is healthy if we don’t measure how fit it is?” says Johanna Laurila of the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, usually referred to as…

A decision to wind up the 1971 International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF) before all cases are resolved has caused headaches for the P&I Clubs, Simon Bennett of ICS tells MJ.

Norwegian hull patching specialist Miko Marine AS has opened a subsidiary in Morgan City, La. from where it will be able to supply ship operators and salvage companies throughout the United States…

CAGE, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate has selected Kongsberg Maritime to develop and deliver two ocean observatories. The observatories will be deployed off the coast of Svalbard (Norwegian islands…

Marine and coastal communities in the South West of England and Wales will benefit from improved flood forecasting, with the introduction of two new wave monitoring buoys, located off the Isles of…