Pollution Control

“Our approach to designing an Unmanned Surface Vessel for things like water quality checking is to keep it simple,” said Greg Atkinson of Eco Marine Power. “You can go off on a…

Mavi Deniz is introducing a new concept for OSRVs (Oil spill Recovery Vessels), an oil recovery system capacity of 100 m3/h which is approved by BV Class Notation.

The design team at UK naval architects Keel Marine has developed a compact skimmer vessel that can operate within the tight confines of a small harbour to remove floating debris and weed.

Since winning the overall innovation prize at Seawork International last year with its prototype innovative oil pollution control system, the UKs Gobbler Boats has spent the year developing the concept into a…

The research schooner Tara has begun a new expedition in the Asian Pacific to examine the biodiversity of coral reefs and their evolution in response to climate change and human activities.

The LNG barge ‘greenports I’, thought to be the first working vessel at a European seaport to be powered by eco-friendly liquefied natural gas, is set to regularly carry silt dredged from…

Switzerland -based Grove Boats has over 20 years of experience in developing solar electric boats that are mainly aimed at passenger carrying requirements in inland waterways and harbours.

The Central Coastal Command for Maritime Emergencies (CCME) in Germany has put a shallow-water oil skimming system into service on a flotilla of multi-purpose boats and will equip more.

At the World Port Days 2015 in Rotterdam, Netherlands-based Imtech Marine has signed for a prolonged stay at the RDM Innovation Dock.

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