Pollution Control

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

‘One of the most pressing issues in marine ecosystems of our time’ is being addressed in a project launched by the IMO.

14th April 2022

Project set up to address plastic in seas

14th April 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A university report has shown that a quarter of the world’s rivers contain pharmaceuticals at potentially toxic levels.

24th March 2022

Pharma pollutes ¼ of world’s rivers – study

24th March 2022

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) has taken over the management of a response base on the west coast of Shetland.

1st March 2022

OSRL takes over Shetland response base

1st March 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New guidance for underwater radiated noise aims to protect marine ecosystems

15th February 2022

Tackling underwater noise

15th February 2022

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Classification society The Korean Register (KR) has developed new ‘Guidance for Underwater Radiated Noise’ which will help protect marine ecosystems by reducing noise from ships.

7th February 2022

Underwater radiated noise is pollution too

7th February 2022

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) claims that The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is dragging its heels over marine plastic pollution caused by vessels.

22nd January 2022

Campaigners say IMO holds ‘callous disregard’ for plastic pollution

22nd January 2022

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

A Swedish tech developer with a clever new device with a pumping mechanism based on the human heart has partnered with a prominent UK environmental services company.

12th January 2022

World’s first ‘hybrid skimmer separator’ comes to the UK

12th January 2022

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

COP26 hosts, Glasgow City Council, have made significant steps towards their ambitious goal of reducing their environmental impact and improving air quality for all by upgrading their Water Witch Surface Dredger ‘St…

11th November 2021

Catalytic hydrogen boost for surface dredger

11th November 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Sinay is helping tackle underwater noise pollution in the Mediterranean Sea.

17th September 2021

Tackling underwater noise pollution

17th September 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

To date, German specialist company GEA has installed more than 1,000 machines for centrifugal bilgewater treatment.

9th September 2021

GEA celebrates 1000th bilge water separator unit

9th September 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Farra Marine is helping protect the environment by fitting Wavestream bilge water filter systems on its first service vessel.

2nd September 2021

Oily water filtration system

2nd September 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Wave International has developed the DuoCart, a stand-alone, mobile and portable system for fast action when dealing with accidental fuel and oil spills.

17th August 2021

Portable oil spill device

17th August 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Three years of research and development have resulted the ‘Manta’, a giant catamaran, the first factory boat designed to collect and process large quantities of floating plastic macro-waste at sea.

16th August 2021

Sail-powered factory boat cleans the sea of floating plastics

16th August 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

A delayed Government programme which will mean increased funding for eco-friendly propulsion and low emission systems on inland ships has finally gone into effect in Germany, reports Tom Todd.

26th July 2021

German inland shipping gets eco-upgrade incentive

26th July 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Air quality around the UK’s Port of Tyne is “good” and well within the required national standards, an independent inventory of pollutant gas emissions has concluded.

19th July 2021

Good air quality around the Port of Tyne claims report

19th July 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Ship vibration and noise will be tackled under a new collaboration agreement.

12th July 2021

Tackling ship noise

12th July 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has designed a programme of acoustic surveys to determine the potential impact that marine renewable developments may have on local species and habitats.

12th July 2021

Summer acoustic monitoring programme

12th July 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Poralu Marine has launched Searial Cleaners, which the French company, well known for its aluminium marinas claims is the first ever range of shoreline waste collectors.

24th June 2021

A team of ‘Searial Cleaners’ tackles beach litter

24th June 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

A study mapping-out potential risks to the UK’s coastal environment, marine life and traffic as a result of hydrocarbon releases from energy industry activity and shipping has been completed.

18th May 2021

Oil spill risks evaluated

18th May 2021

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

A superyacht refit yard in Barcelona has collected the equivalent of 65,000 33cl plastic bottles, over the past year from two sea bins installed in its facilities.

28th April 2021

Barcelona Seabin removes over 500kgs of waste

28th April 2021