Pollution Control

Researchers from The Netherlands are using drifter buoys fitted with satellite trackers from Globalstar Europe Satellite Services to help understand the dramatic increase of Sargassum seaweed across the North Atlantic.

In a world-first, Europe’s largest international port is trialing five mobile shore power systems at coaster berths to reduce CO2, noise and diesel pollution.

C-Job Naval Architects partnership with a non-profit environmental organisation has resulted in the launch of a launch of a new river cleaning system.

The skills learnt from developing the means to clean up oil spills are now being used by a Norwegian consortium to target the growing amount of plastic waste littering the World’s oceans…

A Bubble barrier that is designed to collect floating waste but allow free passage to boats and ships is being established on the Westerdok Canal in Amsterdam under a three-year pilot scheme…

Green Award scheme has a new incentive provider: a company that offers an efficient and innovative product to clean up oil spills.

A global network of maritime technology cooperation centres has completed an array of pilot projects over the past three years, helping to drive forward the changes which are required to reduce GHG…

70+ organisations are supporting a new alliance aiming to have commercially viable zero-emission vessels powered by zero-emission fuels operating along deep sea trade routes by 2030, leading to shipping’s complete decarbonisation.

If the industry is looking at mitigating its environmental impact, we need to correctly attribute responsibility.

Oil spills can be disastrous, but as one pollution response operator put it “you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t” when it comes to using dispersants.