Pollution Control

A new non-profit environment association aiming to raise greater awareness of global maritime issues and the ocean environment is launching in Lisbon on this spring.

A new project is exploiting the ultra-low detection ability of laboratory equipment to measure extremely low nutrient concentrations in Mediterranean waters.

Ratifications from Canada and Turkey have brought a key IMO compensation treaty covering the transport of hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) by ship closer to entry into force.

The German organisation, Control Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), together with Ecologists in Action, have carried out measurements of atmospheric emissions from sea traffic in the Straits of Gibraltar and Barcelona,…

The IMO has set an absolute target for emissions reduction across the entire maritime industry for the first time in history.

British Science Week will this year focus on the ocean and the significance of science and technology in combating harmful levels of plastic in our seas.

Integrated systems manufacturers Ocean Scientific International Ltd are reporting high levels of interest in their Oil Spill Monitoring buoys following several recent installations in the Middle East and exposure at the world…

On January 14, 2018, the Iranian oil tanker ‘Sanchi’, carrying nearly a million barrels of ultra-light crude oil, sank in the East China Sea. The tanker had been burning for days, and…