Pollution Control

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Almost half of the ship owners surveyed by Hamburg shipping trade fair organiser SMM did not think IMO emissions targets could be hit.

20th October 2023

IMO targets cannot be hit, say 46% of ship owners

20th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A UK boatbuilder has launched a zero-emission vessel that responds to the increasing need for plastic and debris collection on the water.

18th October 2023

Tackling plastic pollution the zero emissions way

18th October 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The maritime industry is facing huge challenges.

13th October 2023

Opinion: How exhaust scrubbers can bridge the fuel gap

13th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Disaster has been averted with the removal of more than a million barrels of oil from the decaying tanker FSO Safer, off the coast of Yemen.

15th August 2023

1 million barrels of oil removed from FSO Safer

15th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The EU is distributing €106 million across 18 projects to restore some of the continent’s oceans and waters.

11th August 2023

EU €106 million ocean and water restoration scheme

11th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

After decaying off the coast of Yemen for 30 years, work began yesterday to empty a decaying supertanker of more than a million barrels of oil.

26th July 2023

VIDEO: Decaying oil tanker salvage begins

26th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

When it comes to oil spills, especially in the marine environment, every second can make the difference between a minor incident and an environmental disaster.

26th July 2023

Getting on board with oil spill management

26th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Boskalis will join forces with the UN and take measures to stop an oil tanker exploding after it has been decaying off the coast of Yemen for more than 30 years.

22nd May 2023

Boskalis steps in to avert oil tanker disaster

22nd May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A solar-powered marine litter cleaning drone that cleans up floating rubbish in canals, ports and estuaries has been launched by Navtek Naval Technologies in Istanbul.

9th May 2023

Navtek launches autonomous litter drone

9th May 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Salvage Union (ISU) has published its annual pollution prevention survey confirming again the importance of salvors not only to the shipping industry but to wider society as a whole.

4th May 2023

ISU 2022 pollution survey published

4th May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The International Maritime Organisation is urging its 175 member states to step in and help UN-led efforts to prevent a potential catastrophe off the Yemen coast, where a decaying floating storage (FSO)…

26th April 2023

IMO pleads for help to prevent oil catastrophe

26th April 2023

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

In a first for the UK, Halyard will showcase the new Wavebrite SMART wastewater filtration system at Seawork.

3rd April 2023

Halyard keeps it clean at Seawork

3rd April 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In what has been branded a ‘major incident’ by media, 200 barrels of reservoir fluid (85% water, 15% oil) have leaked from a pipeline into Poole harbour on the south coast of…

27th March 2023

Oil clean-up underway at Europe’s largest natural harbour

27th March 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new hybrid multi-purpose workboat has been put to use at the Port of Lowestoft collecting marine litter and debris from the water surface.

10th March 2023

New workboat eats debris

10th March 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Clean Sea Solutions is using software and AI-optimised autonomous systems to deliver cleaner waters to the Port of Oslo, Alesund and beyond.

28th February 2023

Norwegian startup targets autonomous port clean-up

28th February 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

After months of deliberations over what to do about the São Paulo aircraft carrier, the French-built warship has been deliberately sunk in the Atlantic in what NGOs are calling  ‘an environmental tragedy’.

15th February 2023

Brazil detonates toxic warship at sea

15th February 2023

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is offering €5.2 million for oil spill response support from ’vessels of opportunity’, which could include RIBs, tugboats, fishing vessels or other boats not usually put…

15th February 2023

EMSA opens oil spill response to more vessels

15th February 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The EU Commission has referred Ireland to the Court of Justice for failing to correctly transpose the Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC) into national law. 

6th February 2023

EU takes Ireland to court over water pollution directive

6th February 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A battery-powered robot is about to be unveiled by Dutch firm RanMarine Technology, which specialises in autonomous vessels and drones on water.

3rd February 2023

WATCH: Shark robot takes a bite out of pollution

3rd February 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Nearly 2% of all ocean fishing gear is lost in the waves, according to a report by Science Advances, an American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) open access journal.

18th October 2022

Report gives stark estimates of ocean plastic

18th October 2022