Posts and Reading for December 3 - Wordsmith

Posts and Reading for December 3

ICS warns IMO against regional emission regulations Port Technology International

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has urged the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to pursue a global framework to address the reduction of ...

Rena leaves few lasting effects SunLive

But the environment is yet to return to its “pre-Rena state', says the 460 page ... multi-disciplinary studies ever undertaken in response to a marine pollution ...

Independent review of Rena response released Voxy

appointed an exercise leader and additional technical support staff at MNZ's Maritime Pollution Response Service (MPRS). A logistics manager has also been ...

Recent Progress On Marine Pollution Legislation In South Africa Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

The Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability Convention) Bill and the Merchant Shipping (International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Contributions Bill were both ...

IB: Ocean pollution | Geography Blog - Yokohama International School

Discuss the implications of the pollution of oceans by the disposal of radioactive material, oil and chemical waste. Oil: The Pacific Gyre Garbage

Mounting microplastic pollution harms 'earthworms of the sea' – report The Guardian

There has been much campaigning around the impact of larger marine plastic pollution, with widely documented instances of fish and bird entanglement, ...

Corals surviving ocean's pollution Science Daily (press release)

"The first models indicated that the coral reefs would disappear midcentury, but our study reveals that corals are adapting to the ocean's acidification that has ...

New Terntank tankers will feature the first Wartsila 2-stroke, low ... MarketWatch

Wartsila, the marine industry's leading provider of innovative products, solutions ... CO2 emissions are some 25 percent less than those of a conventional marine ...

Environmental Impacts Of Heavy Fuel Oil Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

Along with aviation emissions, and due to their importance to international trade ... The International Maritime Organization ("IMO") has developed (through its ..

ICS Initiative to Maintain IMO Primacy on MarineLink

In particular, ICS wishes to ensure the primacy of a global IMO framework for addressing the reduction of shipping's CO2 emissions in the face of proposals by ...

Tug Spills Oil in Brownsville Ship Channel

The U.S. Coast Guard is overseeing the cleanup of 500 gallons of diesel Monday, that spilled from a tugboat in the...