marine pollution News
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Europe Unites Against Marine Polluters
Untitled Document BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 11, 2005 (ENS) - The European Union is poised to make discharging pollution from ships a crime, whether the discharge is intentional or negligent, both in coastal waters and on the high seas. Individual member states have had a variety of sanctions against ship discharges in place, now all laws covering these crimes will be ...
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Small oil spills: Overlooked source of marine pollution?
'Small oils spills are just as important as large oil spills, according to new research. By analysing images of oil slicks taken over an eight year period, researchers were able to show that smaller spills contribute a larger proportion of the oil pollution present in European waters. Oil spills represent a major threat to European seas. Over 600 million tonnes of crude oil are imported by EU ...
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Oil pollution in the Black Sea – European Commission responds
The European Commission has responded to a request for assistance from Ukraine through its Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC), which is the office responsible for civil protection and marine pollution actions. Ukraine requires expertise to assist its own authorities in evaluating the environmental impact of the oil pollution in the Kerch Strait. Stavros Dimas, Commissioner responsible for ...
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Marshall Islands accedes to five UN treaties on safety and marine pollution
The Marshall Islands, one of the world’s major shipping nations, has acceded to five important International Maritime Organization (IMO) conventions that aim to discourage environmental pollution and promote safety on the high seas, the United Nations agency announced today. The Pacific island nation has acceded to the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on ...
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Strategic Planning For The Future
The members of NOSCA Clean Oceans have great ambitions, and have expanded their oil spill response competencies to include ocean plastic and other marine pollution, harmful algae and marine threats. This unlocks new, exciting opportunities through which to transfer their technology and expertise to important areas of the environmental sector and Norwegian business and industry. We have ...
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Environmental Knowledge Shared With The Norwegian Public Roads Administration
E39/Vossabanen is set to generate 10-11 million cubic meters of displaced spoil that will have to be disposed of. The main contractors – the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and BaneNOR – are looking at a range of options, such as transport of the excavated material away from the area and disposal in the stretch of fjord alongside the development. Through communication with ...
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Galicia, Spain: The Port of Vilagarcía purchases Markleen equipment
The Port Authority of Vilagarcía de Arousa (Spain) has just awarded an oil spill response equipment supply contract to Markleen. The equipment, which will be delivered by the end of 2008, will complement existing means of oil spill response, and consists of 500 m of inflatable containment boom supplied on two reels and a Foilex weir skimmer, as well as all necessary operating equipment and ...
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Crabs Show Effects of Oil Decades After Spill
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts (ENS) - Nearly 40 years after a fuel oil spill polluted the beaches of Cape Cod, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researchers have found the first evidence of lingering, chronic biological effects on a marsh that otherwise appears to have recovered. Through a series of field observations and laboratory experiments with salt marsh fiddler crabs, doctoral student ...
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European Commission and United Nations to deploy a joint expert team to South Korea following oil spill
A team of marine pollution and civil protection assessment experts are being deployed to South Korea following a request made by the country to the European Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) on 12 December. Around 10,500 tonnes of crude oil were spilt some eight kilometres off Malipo in the Taean district, off Korea's west coast. The joint expert team, led by the United ...
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Ocean currents hold key to understanding the extent of oil well blow-out impact
The impact of a subsea oil well blow-out in the Faroe-Shetland Channel on the diverse deep-sea life there partly depends on the depth and when it happens, according to new research by National Oceanography Centre (NOC) scientists. Lead author, Dr Charlotte Main, who conducted this research at NOC, said “previously, when assessing the potential impact of an oil blow-out, the focus was on ...
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Geomares launches website on Marine spills and pollution
Geomares Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Spill International, the international website and newsletter on the prevention, preparedness for, response to and restoration of marine spills and pollution, www.spill-international.com. Spill International provides international experts with information on recent events, developments in the industry and significant research projects. It ...
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EMSA expands use of Radarsat-2 information for maritime applications
(13 July 2016) MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed a four year contract with a ceiling of 31 million euros to provide Radarsat-2 information to the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). Under this contract, MDA will provide Radarsat-2 information to support EMSA in the areas of maritime safety, law enforcement, border security, fisheries control, and marine pollution ...
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Opening of the NOSCA Test Center
On Thursday 15. October 2020, the Innovation Cluster NOSCA Clean Oceans opened its new test center at Store Lungegårdsvann in Bergen. Going forward, the “Store Lungen” will function as a fantastic test pool for the development of groundbreaking technology for collecting marine polution. During the opening event, completely new solutions were presented, such as self-propelled ...
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Council adopts new legislation against ship-source pollution
The Council adopted today a directive improving current rules on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements (3664/09). The new provisions aim at improving maritime safety and enhancing protection of the marine environment from pollution by ships. According to the new law, ship-source discharges of polluting substances, including minor cases of such discharges, ...
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NOC contributes to a new free online course
Satellite oceanographers at NOC have contributed to a new massive open online course, or mooc. The course launch is timed to coincide with wider release of data from Sentinel-3, the dedicated ocean satellite launched earlier this year Dr Val Byfield from the NOC said “Satellite oceanographers at NOC have contributed to the development of some of the data products available from this ...
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Rehab Prospects Good After Korea`s Worst Oil Spill
SEOUL, South Korea, December 31, 2007 (ENS) - The prospects for environmental rehabilitation after the worst oil spill in South Korean history are good due to 'quick and effective action' by the Korean authorities, a joint United Nations-European Commission Assessment Team has found. The team said in its initial report that emergency assistance was not required for cleanup operations after the ...
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EC streamlines rules on protection in case of maritime pollution
European commissioners this week presented a proposal which further strengthens the existing Community legislation regarding sanctions on those responsible for pollution by ships. Franco Frattini, the Commission's Vice-President responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security said, 'The new directive is an important complement to the Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal ...
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Meetings not to be missed on the ECOMONDO 2015 conference program
BIOECONOMY WITH BIOMETHANE, BIOREFINERIES, SUSTAINABLE FOOD INDUSTRY AT ECOMONDO 2015 Ecomondo 2015 will dedicate ample space to the Italian bioeconomy, which currently has a value of over 240 billion euros and provides 22 million jobs. On Friday 6th November, a large event will be held on biogas obtained from agricultural residue biomass and organic waste, during which the main Italian ...
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Estonia is getting prepared
Strong investments to meet oil spills During the past year, Estonia has invested heavily in oil spill response technology. Authorities working with oil spill preparedness and many private harbours have recently purchased the latest technology for oil spill response. Lamor oil spill recovery equipment have been delivered both for offshore as well as for nearshore use. This positive development ...
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Protect sea-water intakes from oil using turner oil in water monitors
The protection of Desalination Plants, Open Loop Cooling Water Intakes, Seafood Processing Plants and other seawater users is a special problem during an oil spill or other marine accident. Potential pollution sources include crude oil drilling and production, ships and barges with oily bilge wastewater or cargo spills, and other industrial plants with oil leaks in cooling water discharges. Low ...
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