Tag: underwater noise

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is actively working to combat underwater pollution by establishing and updating regulations and guidelines to prevent noise pollution from ships.

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has published the NAVISON (NAVIs SONus) report to provide a pan-European overview of historical and future underwater noise data for all European seas.

BIMCO and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have developed a guide which aims to help the shipping industry understand and reduce underwater radiated noise from ships and help the industry implement the underwater noise guidelines from the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) met for its 82nd from 30 September to 4 October, 2024, where various measures regarding the marine environment were discussed. 

The findings of the HyPNoS (Hydrodynamic Propeller Noise Monitoring System) research project indicate that significant reductions in Underwater Radiated Noise (URN) are achievable through enhanced propeller design and real-time monitoring systems.

Most people aren’t trained to spot dangers unless they are obvious. However, the maritime industry takes invisible hazards very seriously and keeps highlighting best practices to avoid any risks onboard by staying aware of all invisible hazards as well.

AMSA published a marine notice to draw attention to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) non-mandatory Revised guidelines for the reduction of underwater radiated noise from shipping to address adverse impacts on marine life, which were released on 1 October 2023.

As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC 81) gets underway, the Clean Arctic Alliance urged IMO member states to agree to creation of new areas in the Arctic which will be protected from polluting air emissions from shipping.

In 2023, the IMO MEPC approved the Revised guidelines for the reduction of underwater radiated noise from shipping to address adverse impacts on marine life. These guidelines, which took effect from 1 October 2023, aim to reduce underwater radiated noise from ships and concern particular ship and equipment designers, shipbuilders and shipowners and operators, classification societies, suppliers, manufacturers and other stakeholders.

The focus on underwater radiated noise (URN) from shipping has significantly increased over the past few years. As a result, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has decided to raise awareness of the issue by drawing on lessons learned from the recently updated, non-mandatory IMO Guidelines, BIMCO highlights.