Pollution Control – Page 21
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NewsISU Warns over new Bunker Spills Convention
International Salvage Union (ISU) president Arnold Witte has drawn attention to the incident at Newcastle NSW last year when the 225m bulk carrier ' Pasha Bulker' grounded on the Australian coast in extreme weather conditions.
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NewsReefs under threat
It seems that shipping activities are partly to blame for the endangered state of the world' s shallow coral reefs. Vessel anchors can drag for considerable distances, breaking up coral structures that took hundreds of years to build, and boat groundings cause devastation.
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NewsClean up your act at Seawork
First time Seawork exhibitor Industrial Apparatus Consultants (IAC) will be showing its range of oil spill prevention and clean up equipment to an environmentally conscious marine industry on Stand 327.
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Rapid refloats and pollution prevention
Last year saw a substantial increase in pollutants recovered by International Salvage Union (ISU) members. A total of 1.1m tons of oils, chemicals and other pollutants was recovered from 282 casualties. This is a near 95% increase on the tonnage recovered in 2006.
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NewsBest Buddy keeps clean canals
Essex Waterways Limited and Chelmer Canal Trust, the bodies responsible for maintaining and operating The Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation in the UK have delivered an innovative solution to the problem of visual pollution as part of it’ s continuing commitment to good environmental stewardship.
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NewsISU calls for new Lloyds Form
International Salvage Union (ISU) president Arnold Witte has called on all sectors of the shipping and insurance industries to approach the issue of salvage and spill prevention with ' fresh thinking and open minds' .
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NewsCrowley to run Alaska's 'Ocean Rangers'
The family and employee owned Crowley Maritime Corporation is to implement and administer the State of Alaska' s new Ocean Ranger programme.
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NewsGlobal Spill Response Joint Venture
Lamor Group Ltd and Swire Pacific Offshore Limited (SPO) have established a 50:50 joint venture to provide emergency oil spill response solutions for the oil and gas sector.
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NewsEMSA Oil Recovery Vessel Contracts Finalised
The European Marine Safety Agency (EMSA) has recently awarded contracts worth € 18.4m over three years that will see seven oil product tankers, three from the UK, two Spanish, one Maltese and one Greek, joining their fleet of oil recovery vessels to be made available at short notice in specific ...
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NewsHungry SludgeHammer Eats Marine Waste
The Liverpool based Bibby Line, which owns and operates ships, offshore units and floating accommodation barges, recently deployed a vessel of the latter type, ' Bibby Progress' , to Nigeria, where it was to house some 700 workers for a number of months.
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NewsModular Oil Spill Recovery System
oil spill recovery technology, the Lamor Corporation AB, has built some 600 advancing recovery systems for vessels. The systems have been tailor made to fit each vessel and comprise several different components.
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News'Clean Up the World Weekend'
When 35 million volunteers around the planet will take part in the annual United Nations backed ''Clean Up the World Weekend'' this weekend, their activities will also break into cyberspace for the first time, with photos and videos posted onto Google Map under a new agreement which gives a global ...
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NewsVikoma Lowers the Boom on 'Napoli'
To further facilitate salvage operations, the stricken container ship ‘ MSC Napoli’ was broken in two using a series of explosions last month.
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NewsNew Oil Spill Combat Cat for Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA) has taken into service what it describes as a revolutionary oil spill response catamaran, the first of its kind for such work.
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NewsEMSA Exercises Oil Spill Muscle
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) recently sent a clear signal to polluters that thanks to modern technology and the commitment of EU Member States to tackle head on any threat to the environment, ships that think they can get away with illegal discharges while no one is looking could ...
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Ohmsett Hosts Oil Spill Training
Ohmsett, The National Oil Spill Response Test Facility in the USA, will host a one week Oil Spill Training Course from 17 to 21 September 2007.
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COWS Comes Home First in Dubai
Sea Protect Solutions, a system for processing bilgewater and sludge at sea, has won the Seatrade Dubai International Maritime Award for its contribution towards keeping the seas pollution free.
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Emergency HNS Services for UK Ports
Following their merger last year, Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and East Asia Response Private Limited (EARL), now OSRL/EARL, will now provide HNS response services for members at UK ports and harbours.
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NewsPollutant Recovery Drops in 2006
International Salvage Union members recovered over 566,000 tons of pollutants during salvage operations last year.
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NewsSatellite Swoop on Marine Polluters
The European Marine Safety Agency (EMSA) launched a satellite based observation system last month which detects illegal discharges and accidental spills from ships at sea in European waters.
