Pollution Control
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Duckweed: a growing problem
23/08/2019The explosive growth of duckweed in British canals is causing serious damage to marine life and a sustainable solution to keeping it under control must be found, says a prominent UK waterway maintenance company. READ more
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Waste shark drone
06/08/2019South African entrepreneur Richard Hardiman has developed a solar-powered aqua-drone that can automatically clean up water pollution and waste in waterways and ports reports Dag Pike. READ more
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Safety benefits of autonomous operations
29/07/2019Pioneering autonomous technology is set to be demonstrated in the US to show its ability to increase the safety, response time and productivity of marine oil-spill response operations. READ more
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First accreditation for new oil spill scheme
09/07/2019UK environmental risk reduction specialist Adler and Allan, is the first response organisation to be recognised under a new accreditation scheme READ more
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Trelleborg fenders help clean up oceans
01/07/2019Trelleborg has supplied The Ocean Cleanup with seven of its floating pneumatic fenders to help rid the world’s oceans of plastic. READ more
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Tackling the rising tide of plastic pollution
14/05/2019UK based workboat specialists Water Witch are leading designers in specialist trash retrieval and waterway cleanup craft for Ports and Marinas. READ more
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Acoustic monitoring protects marine mammals
02/05/2019Sercel has announced that deployment of its QuietSea Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) system has been extended to the UK. READ more
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Air quality in Naples suffers from ships’ emissions
30/04/2019An environmentalist group, Cittadini per l’Aria, has tested the air quality in Naples and has called Italy to support a Mediterranean Emission Control Area (MedECA). READ more
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Sniffing drone to catch sulphurous offenders
23/04/2019The maritime authorities in Denmark have deployed a large drone with the capability of sulphur sniffing writes Dag Pike. READ more
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Modular catamaran workboat
16/04/2019A new multi-role workboat from pollution control specialists Desmi is claimed to be able to shift operation mode within an hour. READ more
