Pollution Control

US based marine salvage specialists, RESOLVE Marine Group and Shanghai based Shanghai Shengmin Shipping Service Co, Ltd have joined forces.

The newly established Danish company SWORC A/S has signed with Tuco ApS, to begin construction of the first of its special-purpose shallow water oil recovery vessels, aptly dubbed SWORC (Shallow Water Oil…

The Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico brought to light many new, innovative spill response techniques that were previously unheard of or not frequently used in common day spill response.

The International Salvage Union (ISU) has announced the results of its annual Pollution Prevention Survey for 2010, which show a significant decrease in the tonnages of pollutants salved by ISU members in…

Kvichak Marine Industries of Seattle in the USA has delivered a 30 Rapid Response Oil Skimmer fitted with a Marco Pollution Control CL-1 Filterbelt oil recovery module to Administração do Porto de…

The crunch of environmental concerns and filling dump facilities has meant large quantities of sediment from the harbours in Bremerhaven will soon set off on a journey abroad.

A six week consultation on how to treat oil spills was launched in the UK on the 15th of this month.

Danish industries are cooperating together in a new project beginning this month to try to help improve recovery efforts following an oil spill.

High profile events in recent months have highlighted the need for equipment to effectively contain and recover high volumes of oil as a result of large scale spills and well blowouts.

The vessel sharing organisation Aberdeen Marine Logistics Alliance (AMLA) is on course to record in excess of £1.5m of savings for its members in 2010 after its operations doubled in frequency during…

The Flemish Government and the Port of Antwerp have launched AMORAS, one of the largest silt dredging and treatment projects of the world.

Marine debris causes serious economic, social, aesthetic and environmental damage. It is one of the most pervasive and solvable pollution problems plaguing the world’s oceans and waterways. Nets, food wrappers, bottles, styrofoam…

During three days of extensive testing, the advanced capability of Sweden’s Consilium’s oil spill radar to detect oil slicks has been successfully verified. The sea trials were part of an exercise to…

Global oil pollution control cooperative Oil Spill Response marked its 25th Anniversary on 15 June with a special seminar on oil spill response issues and future challenges as well as a commemorative…

UK marine environmental research specialist ABPmer has made a major input to the latest comprehensive study of UK seas. Charting Progress 2 (CP2) is part of the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment…

Current estimates indicate that shipping’s share of global CO2 emissions could increase to between 20% and 30% by 2050. With 90% of global trade carried by sea, this is an issue that…

Damen’s new Multi Purpose Vessel, particularly suited for oil spill response, is set to enter service in the next few weeks in Vietnam after undergoing successful sea trials. Kitted with two large…

With some 210,000 gallons of oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster still spilling into the Gulf of Mexico daily, Seattle USA based Kvichak Marine Industries has delivered a 30 Rapid Response Skimmer…

The Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC) organized a regional workshop recently on the implementation of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).

Vikoma International Ltd has just won a half million pound contract to equip two 63m multi-role vessels for Dubai Ship Building which are ultimately bound for the United Arab Emirates Coastguard.