Tag: marine environment

IMO, together with the IOPC Funds and theITOPF, is urging its Member States to ratify and implement a key compensation treaty covering the transport of hazardous and noxious substances by ship.

An excellent example of how industry and regulatory bodies can work with environmental activists to provide good results for the benefit of all, writes Sarah Nowak.

WOC advances industry understanding and engagement on marine spatial planning by delivering information, analysis and dialogue to improve interaction between the Ocean Business Community and Marine Planning Efforts.

When an endangered orca is in hot pursuit of an endangered salmon, sending out clicks and listening for their echoes in the murky ocean near Seattle, does the noise from the nearby shipping lane interfere with them catching dinner? To find out, scientists measured underwater noise as ships passed their study site 3,000 times. This unprecedented characterization of ship noise will aid in the understanding of the potential effects on marine life, and help with possible mitigation strategies.

The Gard P&I Club explains how to manage biofouling risk following a recent case in which authorities ordered a vessel to move outside its territorial waters immediately as they suspected that the vessel’s hull carried organisms that may be harmful to the New Zealand marine environment.

Leading cruise lines announced partnerships with ocean conservation non profits to improve and sustain world's oceans and seas. Carnival Corporation will host the Nature Conservancy's Mapping Ocean Wealth Annual Meeting Being at Miami and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. together with WWF announced their five-year partnership setting ambitious and measurable goals to reduce company's environmental footprint.

NOAA Fisheries is expanding critical habitat for endangered North Atlantic right whales to cover its northeast feeding areas in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank region and southeast calving grounds from North Carolina to Florida.

The IMO HNS Correspondence group has published information regarding the HNS convention, benefits and statistics on chemicals trades.

A new report by the World Economic Forum forecasts that there would be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050. Entitled "The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the future of plastics," the report contains statistics about the amount of plastic polluting the ocean.

Nature’s Water has developed a new infographic which depicts some interest ocean facts of the world