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Cleaner Seas is an online publication that covers the whole range of marine environmental issues and legislation, ranging from matters such as oil pollution prevention to control of funnel emissions and from the dumping of rubbish to use of antifoulings. It is produced with the active assistance and support of the major maritime organisations. Cleaner Seas has three main objectives: to keep shipping decision makers up to date with environmental issues, to inform a wider readership of what action is already being taken by shipping to prevent environmental damage and to project a balanced view of the industry’s environmental record, which is far better than the tabloid press would have us believe.
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Price Tag Placed on Maritime Shipping’s Decarbonization by New Analysis
Shipping needs to make a radical shift to zero carbon energy...
Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report Is Out and Here’s What We Learned From It
We’ve seen disasters destroy towns and animal populations vanish because of the effects of climate...
Innovation & technology
AecorLink AB Awarded Contract by Viking Line to Deliver High-speed Broadband
The demand for fast broadband is constantly increasing and with this new project it will...
Oil spill
Oil Spill: Containment, Recovery and Consequences
Oil spills are considered one of the major forms of pollution,...
Environmental compliance
Auramarine Reaches New Milestone As It Secures Its 15,000th Order For Fuel Management Auxiliary Units
With so little time remaining before the regulation comes into force,...
Anti Piracy
Piracy: The Face Of A Modern Pirate
Say the word pirate to anyone these days and many would automatically think of Captain...
Ballast water
To Verify Ballast Water Treatment Systems Commissioning, MEPC73 Places Luminultra’s B-Qua in Pole Position
Until now, there was no requirement to prove that treated waters were compliant with the...
Marine Pollution
Ocean Plastic Is Eating Up the World, But These Technologies Won’t Let That Happen
Today, at least 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris can be found in the ocean....
Wildlife
The Aral Sea Is Vanishing and There Are Serious Consequences With It
Located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea is an endorheic lake that was once...
The Aral Sea Is Vanishing and There Are Serious Consequences With It
Located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea is an endorheic lake that was once the fourth largest lake in the...
Dying Rivers and Lakes in the World Due to Pollution
The third largest river in the world and the most sacred river in Hinduism has now become one of the filthiest....
10 Most Endangered Marine Species
The marine ecosystem of the world is comprised of animals that are interdependent. If one species begins to lower in numbers,...
Climate Change Is Driving Plankton Towards the Poles
None of us were prepared for what climate change would bring to the world. More than 7,000 years ago, the last...
Blockchain Consortium Launched by Maritime Blockchain Labs and Rainmaking
According to the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS), nearly 25% of all serious incidents onboard containerships were attributable to mis-declared cargo.
MacGregor to Deliver Another Eight Complete Hatch Cover Sets to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
These build on contracts secured earlier this year to supply 18 hatch cover sets for the same series of containerships, bringing...
Thordon Retrofits Solves Navenor’s Bearing Problems
Thordon Bearings has completed a range of water-lubricated and grease-free bearing installations to a third salt lugger in the Salinor/Navenor fleet,...
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen Supporting Construction of Offshore Substation
The Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm, owned by Northland Power, will be an impressive wind farm with 33 turbines, situated 95...
Piracy: The Face Of A Modern Pirate
Say the word pirate to anyone these days and many would automatically think of Captain Hook, arch nemesis of Peter Pan,...
Sea Piracy: The Impact on Seafarers and Their Families
Modern-day pirates may not wear an eye patch or wave a sword in your face, but they are more real and...
Anti Piracy: Seychelles – Paradise Under Attack by Pirates
By Lilly Black Seychelles has long had a reputation for being a honeymooner’s paradise. Beautiful beaches, palm trees, year round sunlight...
Panel Proposes New Jobs to Root Out Piracy
Piracy is the by-product of unemployment and disregard faced by entire generations of young men and women in Somalia, according to...