marine spill News
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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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Advanced marine spill simulation software is key to coastal environmental protection
NCEC, part of the AEA Technology group, in partnership with BMT Argoss, a global specialist provider of marine environmental information, has co-developed a unique and sophisticated marine spill simulation tool to support primarily the Emergency and Rescue Services in the event of chemical incidents at sea or in port. The application has been independently validated in controlled sea trials, ...
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MUNOX SR Approved for Emergency Use Under USEPA National Contingency Plan
Munox SR has been approved by the USEPA for emergency use for marine and other oil spills. The listing is based on independent verification of effectiveness and absence of toxic substances or pathogens. The USEPA tested the degradation rate of oil using Munox SR for NCP listing. The degradation rate exceeded most comparable products with 95% removal of alkanes and 89% removal of aromatics in ...
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CL Solutions to provide Munox® for petroleum surface spill remediation including marine spills.
CL Solutions, LLC is pleased to announce that they will be the distributor of Munox® for petroleum surface spills. This development comes in response to interest in using Munox® for cleaning shore and near-shore environments impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. CL Solutions was selected by Osprey Biotechnics, Inc. to provide distribution and technical support for this ...
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Marine spill response corporation: nexen and statoil sign agreements With MSRC for spill response services in Gulf of Mexico
(Marketwire) - Nexen Petroleum U.S.A. Inc. and Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC have signed agreements with the Marine Preservation Association (MPA) and the Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) that are expected to enhance the spill response plans of the companies and strengthen environmental protection in the Gulf of Mexico. Along with Marine Preservation Association members BP, Chevron, ...
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Oil spill detection seminar on 23. August at Navalshore, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Petrobras, Ocean Visuals and Miros Group will attend the panel at the Belga Marine seminar on oil spill detection and explain how we address challenges to oil in water with innovation and new technologies. In this seminar, Petrobras, Ocean Visuals and Miros will share insights from its experiences with oil spill detection in Brazil. Join us and this amazing team during the Navalshore, and ...
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GEI absorbent rolls: economical solution for large pads quantities on hand
Our GEI absorbent rolls are a great economical solution to have a large quantity of absorbent pads on hand. The absorbent roll can be cut to length to suit the spill size. Made of polypropylene fibers, these absorbing rolls are used for marine and land oil spills. Great for spill applications where easy collection of hydrocarbon spills in water ways is the ...
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EPA presents award to Oregon 10th grader for work on marine oil spills
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 is awarding the President’s Environmental Youth Award to 10th grader Sahil Veeramoney for his development of a novel and efficient method to clean up marine oil spills. Veeramoney is a student at Oregon Episcopal School in Portland, Oregon. “Sahil’s research to protect water resources from oil spills is important for the ...
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Court: Chemical Safety Board can investigate offshore spills
In a case with potentially far-reaching consequences, a federal appeals court has again found that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board has the authority to investigate the causes of offshore oil spills. The board has been looking into the catastrophic blowout of a BP PLC well five years ago in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and caused the nation's worst offshore oil spill. The ruling - ...
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Deepwater Horizon disaster could have billion dollar impact
Ottawa, Ontario -The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 will have a large economic impact on the U.S. Gulf fisheries. A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (CJFAS) says that over 7 years this oil spill could have a $US8.7 billion impact on the economy of the Gulf of Mexico. This includes losses in revenue, profit, and ...
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Banana fibre can fix marine oil spills, says study
Fibre from the stem of the banana plant can efficiently absorb oil spills that pollute coasts and threaten marine life says a new study by Indian researchers. Banana fibre, when treated with certain chemicals, can absorb up to 18 times their weight of oil, according to the study published last month (16 September) in the online journal, Carbohydrate Polymers. Scientists at the Institute of ...
By SciDev.Net
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DESMI’s New Step into Poland
To strengthen our local presence in Poland we established a company in Warsaw on 1 September 2015. Poland is a very important growth market to DESMI in all business segments, i.e. marine & offshore, industry, oil spill response, defence & fuel, and utility. “We have done business in Poland for many years, and by setting up a DESMI entity in Poland we are able to offer direct local ...
By DESMI A/S
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DESMI`s New Step into Poland
To strengthen our local presence in Poland we established a company in Warsaw on 1 September 2015. Poland is a very important growth market to DESMI in all business segments, i.e. marine & offshore, industry, oil spill response, defence & fuel, and utility. “We have done business in Poland for many years, and by setting up a DESMI entity in Poland we are able to offer direct local ...
By DESMI A/S
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LMOS Demonstration in Halifax
In mid-February, Lamor Corporation demonstrated an innovative new way to recover oil by deploying the Lamor Marine Oil Spill Sweeper LMOS 15 Speed Skimming system in Halifax, Canada in cooperation with their local representative, Griffin Engineered Systems, for leading Canadian response organizations and companies, represented by Eastern Canada Response Corporation (ECRC), Canadian Coast Guard, ...
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BP Pledges $500 Million for Independent Research into Impact of Spill on Marine Environment
May 24 2010 - BP today announced a commitment of up to $500 million to an open research program studying the impact of the Deepwater Horizon incident, and its associated response, on the marine and shoreline environment of the Gulf of Mexico. "BP has made a commitment to doing everything we can to lessen the impact of this tragic incident on the people and environment of the Gulf Coast. We must ...
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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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New Re-Form™ oil only sorbents up to 50 percent more absorbent than polypropylene sorbents
Sorbent Product Company (SPC), a Brady Worldwide, Inc. business (NYSE: BRC), has pioneered a new environmentally-friendly sorbent that offers up to 50 percent more absorbency than traditional polypropylene sorbents. Made from all natural cellulose (cotton), Re-Form™ Oil Only Sorbents help customers sustain their company’s green initiatives, while providing outstanding absorbency levels that far ...
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DESMI enters partnership agreements in Ghana
Seaweld Engineering Ltd - Will be taking the lead role and partnering DESMI to offer equipment, training, after sales & spares for the DESMI range of Industry, Marine & Offshore, Oil Spill and Fuelling products. FlatC Marine & Offshore – Who operate a fleet of offshore supply vessels has agreed a collaboration with DESMI to offer oil spill response services to the expanding oil ...
By DESMI A/S
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Lamor Awarded Contract for Oil Spill Response on the Southern Atlantic
The Finnish company founds its newest oil spill response center in Portugal The Finnish company Lamor Corporation Ab and its sister company Clean Globe International Ltd have entered into a significant agreement regarding oil spill response for the sea areas covering the southern Atlantic. The European Union’s Maritime and Safety Agency selected the ...
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EPE S.A sign contract with Reederei Thomas Schulte GMBH & Co.KG
Environmental Protection Engineering S.A. sign a contract with Reederei Thomas Schulte GmbH & Co.KG for the preparation of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials (33 vessels) to comply with the new Ship Recycling Convention Environmental Protection Engineering S.A. (EPE) attends to prepare the Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) for the entire Reederei Thomas Schulte fleet (33 container ...
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