Tag: marine environment

Wärtsilä has announced that it signed an agreement with the Seabin Project in order to join a global pilot programme, which addresses the worldwide littering problem affecting our oceans.The project aims at approaching the challenge from multiple angles with a key emphasis on education, research and technology.

Evergreen Line received recognition for its performance in a voluntary environmental and ecological protection program. The initiative was aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions of vessels and avoiding whale collisions by encouraging slow sailing speeds in California's Santa Barbara Channel region.

IMO has announced that Togo acceded to two IMO treaties dealing with unlawful acts against the safety of maritime navigation, and the control of harmful anti-fouling systems on ships.

On January 1, 2017, the port authority added new incentive criteria to its existing EcoAction program to include harbour due rate discounts for quieter ships. This makes Canada the first country in the world with a marine noise reduction incentive.

The Fishery Committee has adopted the political agreement on the Data Collection Framework regulation agreed between Parliament and Council in December 2016. While the new EU regulation will provide EU decision makers with a sufficient scope of data for more informed policy making, it also hides a few paradoxes.

Microplastics have been found in a variety of commercial fish and shellfish, including samples purchased from retail outlets, according to a new study, published by the Joint Group of Experts on the GESAMP.

A team of U.S. Navy scientists and engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) have successfully recreated a natural material used for marine wildlife defense to assist military personnel.

A research begun by the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) looks at how floating wind farms could provide a new route for invasive species to spread across the oceans.

Over 800,000 new jobs could be created across the EU if MEPs in the European Parliament’s Environment Committee vote for both an ambitious recycling target and to strongly support the refurbishing and reusing sectors on 24 January, said the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).

More scientific research needs to be done to understand and assess the environmental impacts of wastes from mining operations which have been disposed into the marine environment, a new report shows.