USCG allows containership leaking lubricant to dock in Alaska
The US Coast Guard is working with partner agencies to monitor a lubricant leak from a container ship transiting to Anchorage, Alaska.
Read moreThe US Coast Guard is working with partner agencies to monitor a lubricant leak from a container ship transiting to Anchorage, Alaska.
Read moreThe Japan Transport Safety Board published its preliminary report on the MV Wakashio, saying that the vessel deviated from its normal route near Sumatra, Indonesia, before arriving in Mauritian waters.
Read moreMr. Jens Jaeger, IUMI, highlights the spill risk of plastic resin pellets, so called “nurdles”, and work at the IMO to mitigate this risk.
Read moreRaising awareness of and combatting ocean pollution caused by micro-plastics, bio-fouling, chemicals and macro-organisms were the focus of the most recent meeting of the IMO's GloFouling Partnership Project's Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Marine Biosafety.
Read moreAccording to Esenyel Partners, Lawyers & Consultants, pollution fines for Turkish waters have been amended regarding to Environmental Code with a new law numbered 7410 published in the Official Gazette on 15 June 2022.
Read moreIMO Secretary-General urges States to support UN coordinated plan to transfer oil from degrading floating storage unit off Yemen.
Read moreIMO Secretary-General, Kitack Lim, addressed the threat of the major oil spill from the FSO SAFER – the aging supertanker moored of Yemen’s Red Sea Coast that could break apart or explode at any time.
Read moreThe United Nations urges to raise $80M in order to prevent an oil tanker off the west coast of Yemen exploding and causing an environmental disaster.
Read moreThe "Last Beach Clean Up" and "Beyond Plastics" released a report documenting a recycling rate of 5 to 6% for post-consumer plastic waste in the U.S. for 2021.
Read moreLiquimar Tankers Management Services and Evridiki Navigation were sentenced after being convicted at trial on all charges, including violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, falsifying ships’ documents, obstructing a U.S. Coast Guard inspection and making false statements to U.S. Coast Guard inspectors.
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