Pollution Control

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Ohmsett, The National Oil Spill Response Test Facility in the USA, will host a one week Oil Spill Training Course from 17 to 21 September 2007.

1st August 2007

Ohmsett Hosts Oil Spill Training

1st August 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA) has taken into service what it describes as a revolutionary oil spill response catamaran, the first of its kind for such work.

1st August 2007

New Oil Spill Combat Cat for Rotterdam

1st August 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) recently sent a clear signal to polluters that thanks to modern technology and the commitment of EU Member States to tackle head on any threat to…

1st August 2007

EMSA Exercises Oil Spill Muscle

1st August 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Sea Protect Solutions, a system for processingbilgewater and sludge at sea, has won the Seatrade Dubai International MaritimeAward for its contribution towards keeping the seas pollution free.

1st June 2007

COWS Comes Home First in Dubai

1st June 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Following their merger last year, Oil Spill Response Limited(OSRL) and East Asia Response Private Limited (EARL), now OSRL/EARL, will nowprovide HNS response services for members at UK ports and harbours.

1st June 2007

Emergency HNS Services for UK Ports

1st June 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

International Salvage Union members recoveredover 566,000 tons of pollutants during salvage operations last year.

1st May 2007

Pollutant Recovery Drops in 2006

1st May 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The European Marine Safety Agency(EMSA) launched a satellite based observation system last month which detectsillegal discharges and accidental spills from ships at sea in European waters.

1st May 2007

Satellite Swoop on Marine Polluters

1st May 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has won the Lloyds List Clean Seas Award for the second year running for its continuing efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its deep sea operations.

1st May 2007

Clean Seas Award to Pollution Fighters

1st May 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Lamor and Clean Globe International, member companies of the Lamor Group, will establish an oil spill centre equipment stockpile at Sines in Portugal. For the three year contract, awarded to Lamor in…

1st February 2007

EMSA Takes Spill Response to Atlantic

1st February 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Port of Los Angeles in California USA andthe local South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) are partnering ona demonstration project to use electrically powered tractors to tow cargocontainers from the…

1st February 2007

Port of LA CAAPs Air Pollution

1st February 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Salvors are seeking a meeting with EU Fisheries and MaritimeAffairs Commissioner Joe Borg to present their case for the adoption of newmeasures to reduce the risk of another spill disaster in European…

1st February 2007

Action Plan for European Pollution

1st February 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Ports are potentially hazardous areas by virtue of their activities, operations and the interaction of vehicles, machinery and people. Ensuring that lighting systems provide a safe working environment is essential, as is…

1st November 2006

Tackling Light Pollution in Ports

1st November 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

There is a growing awareness of theeconomic and environmental pressures affecting the UKs coastal zone and marineenvironment. Britains coastlinestretches over 17,000 kilometres and is under threat like never before.

1st November 2006

Devon Develops Emergendcy Marine Planning

1st November 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The use of satellite imagery to manage oil spills at sea is set to improve due to the award of a 5m baseline services contract to the MARCOAST consortium by the European…

1st September 2006

Eye in the Sky for Oil Spill Control

1st September 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The 22 maritime authorities of Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, which includes EU members plus Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Norway, and the Russian Federation, have conducted a concentrated inspection campaign…

1st September 2006

Marine Pollution Prevention Campaign Conducted

1st September 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

If there were a Long Distance Exhibitor Award at Seawork, Miko Marine AS of Oslo would be in the running, but the company is no stranger to marine activities in the UK.

1st June 2006

Get Plastered Safely at Seawork

1st June 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

One little known aspect of the grounding of the tanker Tasman Spirit off Karachi port is that concern for the health of pollution control workers led to the cessation of beach clean-up…

1st May 2006

Timely Response Speeds Pollution Clean-up

1st May 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Members of the International Salvage Union recovered some 875,000 tons of pollutants during salvage operations last year. Emergency assistance was provided worldwide for 247 vessels with cargoes and bunkers threatening pollution.

1st May 2006

Big Year for ISU Oil Recovery

1st May 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Two exhibitors at the recent Spill 06 event in London collaborated earlier this year when UK based Oil Limited took its newly developed RB400 rigid boom system across the Atlantic to be…

1st May 2006

Brits Lower the Boom in America

1st May 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Finnish environmental protection specialist Lamor Corporation AB has been awarded an international tender by the EU funded European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) for improving oil spill response readiness in the entire Baltic…

1st February 2006

Lamor Wins EMSA Spill Response Contract

1st February 2006