Pollution Control – Page 7
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NewsAcoustic monitoring protects marine mammals
Sercel has announced that deployment of its QuietSea Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) system has been extended to the UK.
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NewsAir quality in Naples suffers from ships’ emissions
An 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).
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NewsSniffing drone to catch sulphurous offenders
The maritime authorities in Denmark have deployed a large drone with the capability of sulphur sniffing writes Dag Pike.
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NewsModular catamaran workboat
A new multi-role workboat from pollution control specialists Desmi is claimed to be able to shift operation mode within an hour.
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Green Thessaloniki
Striving for sustainability, the Greek Port of Thessaloniki has joined the Green Award program to attract and reward green, high quality ships.
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NewsNoise emissions best practise guide launches
A best practice guide for ports on measuring, labelling and mitigating noise emissions of vessels at ports has been launched.
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NewsOslo’s zero emission waste collection boat
Norway’s Port of Oslo is to build a fully electric working boat designed for efficient collection of waste at the water surface.
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NewsMarine plastic has a cost to humans too
Scientists have revealed that plastic floating in the sea is costing human society hundreds if not thousands of billions of dollars every year in damaged and lost resources, with knock on effects for our health and wellbeing.
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News120 tons of sea debris
Safeen, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, has collected over 120 tons of floating sea debris in Abu Dhabi waters last year, recycling more than ten tons of the collected material.
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NewsNew guidelines for monitoring plastics
New ‘Guidelines for the Monitoring and Assessment of Plastics Litter in the Ocean’ aims to help harmonise how scientists and others assess the scale of the marine plastic litter problem.
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NewsArctic Foxtail ready to tackle polar pollution
The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has taken delivery of a second Arctic Fox Tail mop skimmer from the SPILLRECS division of H Henriksen AS.
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Norwegian NOx fund model could help UK
According to a recent report by not-for-profit organization Environmental Defense Fund Europe, the UK could use a Norwegian pollution reduction fund as a model to help decarbonise its shipping sector.
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NewsRiver Seine electrification bid begins
Torqeedo is among partners leading a new study which aims to bring Paris’ goals to improve air quality and reduce the city’s carbon footprint to the River Seine through vessel electrification.
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NewsGerman pollution control fleet reaches 19
The latest of nineteen small multi-purpose trimarans to combat German coastal oil and other pollution hazards has been handed over reports Tom Todd.
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NewsMicroplastics Sampler offers more precision
Environmental monitoring experts Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) have released a new microplastics sampler for the collection of water samples for the analysis of microplastics.
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IoT satellite technology for oceanography research
Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. has announced that scientists from the NATO’s Science and Technology Organisation are deploying an IoT solution using SPOT Trace and Globalstar satellite communications to further their understanding of the world’s oceans.
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NewsMediterranean ECA bid needs Spain’s support
Barcelona City Council has backed an initiative to establish an Emission Control Area (ECA) in the Mediterranean Sea (Med-ECA) to limit air pollution produced by ships and is urging the Spanish Government to support the cause.
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NewsNew underwater robot to survey pollution
Norway marine supplier, Agder Dykk, is extending its scope with a new underwater robotic vehicle.
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NewsPolar safety kit to protect Arctic waters
A new system has been developed for applying Miko magnetic patches to ships that have been holed by ice in Polar waters in order to prevent pollution.
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NewsOslo’s big cleanup
Despite the apparently pristine surface of Oslo Harbour, “we don’t know yet what’s really under the water,” said the port’s chief engineer Edvin Kongsten Wibetoe.
