Maritime and Coastguard Agency: New laws to restrict the way ships release ballast water into UK seas

Maritime and Coastguard Agency: New laws to restrict the way ships release ballast water into UK seas

Katy Ware

New laws to restrict the way ships release ballast water into UK seas

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Consultation begun on Wednesday 18 March on new laws which would further protect United Kingdom coastlines by stopping international ships from discharging potentially harmful species into the sea. 

The Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and...

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