marine pollution

Oil and potential contaminants removed from “ghost ship”

Cork County Council completed the removal of oil and other contaminants from the MV Alta ‘ghost ship’, which was washed ashore in the middle of February in Ballycotton, Co. Cork, Ireland.

The Council reported that 62 full barrels and 33 empty barrels were airlifted by helicopter from the area of the wrecked vessel to a prepared drop-off area where they were subsequently transferred onto a vehicle and removed by an environmental agent.

In addition, to protect the area and the marine environment,...

https://safety4sea.com/oil-and-potential-contaminants-removed-from-ghost-ship/

Singaporean shipping company pleads guilty for oily bilge discharge in US

A Singapore-based shipping company pleaded guilty in US federal court to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. The conviction concerns illegal dumping of oily bilge water from the tanker ‘Zao Galaxy’, as well as failure to record it to the oil record book.

In pleading guilty, Unix Line PTE Ltd. admitted that its crew members onboard the 16,408 gross-ton, ocean-going motor tanker ‘Zao Galaxy’ knowingly failed to record in the vessel’s oil record book the overboard discharge of oi...

https://safety4sea.com/singaporean-shipping-company-pleads-guilty-for-oily-bilge-discharge-in-us/

China Takes Additional Steps To Combat Ship Pollution

  • China to apply ship pollution prevention measures.
  • Operators should be aware of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Ships.
  • Owners/Operators should also be aware of the requirement that any ship carrying polluting and hazardous cargoes in bulk.
  • Ship above 10,000 GT needs to enter into a pollution clean-up contract with a Ship Pollution Response Organisation (SPRO) before entering a PRC port.
  • The PRC Maritime Safety Agency’s new Measures of...

http://mfame.guru/china-takes-additional-steps-to-combat-ship-pollution/

Fuel from sunken Grande America continues to wash ashore in Bay of Biscay

Small oil parts originated from the sunken con/ro ‘Grande America’ are still washing up on certain beaches in Loire-Atlantique and Vendée, in the west coast of France, according to maritime agency Premar Atlantique.

A few tens of kilograms of pollutants as well as several birds carrying traces of oil were recovered, as oil slabs were detected on certain beaches on 17-18 February.

The French State are working in close collaboration with the Research and Experimentation Documentation Center on...

https://safety4sea.com/fuel-from-sunken-grande-america-continues-to-wash-ashore-in-bay-of-biscay/

EMSA launches project for oil pollution training

In the context of Black and Caspian Sea Project, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) awarded Environmental Protection Engineering (EPE) for the provision of Oil pollution, Preparedness, Response and Cooperation (OPRC) training to European Neighbouring Partner (ENP) countries’ OPRC national staff centres.

The project started with the delivery of OPRC Level 1 – First Responders and OPRC Level 2 – Supervisors/On-scene commanders training courses to Georgia’s National Oil Spill Response...

https://safety4sea.com/emsa-launches-project-for-oil-pollution-training/

Dive in the deepest point in Med. Sea reveals impact of human contamination

The second phase of Caladan Oceanic’s 2020 deep-diving expeditions has been completed as the sub pilot and explorer Victor Vescovo and Prince Albert II of Monaco dived at the bottom of Calypso Deep. The dive also revealed that the human contamination has affected the deepest point in the Mediterranean sea.

Calypso Deep is the deepest point in the Mediterranean and was firstly visited 55 years ago. Now, on February 10, the team reached a newly calculated maximum depth for the Deep, using direct...

https://safety4sea.com/dive-in-the-deepest-point-in-med-sea-reveals-impact-of-human-contamination/

Study reveals Deepwater Horizon oil spill larger than previously thought

A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami, which was published at Science Advances, revealed that the oil spread from the famous Deepwater Horizon oil spill was expanded in many more areas than what was shown in satellite data.

The Deepwater Horizon explosion is an industrial disaster that began on 20 April 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in 11 deaths, 17 injuries and a discharge of about 4.9 million barrels of oil into the sea, leaving a heavy legacy in the safety history...

https://safety4sea.com/study-reveals-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-larger-than-previously-thought/

Australian authorities release Yang Ming container ship

Australian authorities released from arrest the Liberian-flagged container ship ‘YM Eternity’, the Taiwanese-based owner Yang Ming informed, only a day after the ship was arrested at Port Botany over pollution dept.

On 9 February, the Federal Court Admiralty Marshall arrested the YM Eternity at Port Botany after AMSA petitioned the court to recover the outstanding debt.

However, the ship was released on 10 February and normal cargo operations resumed immediately.

The ship was arrested over a...

https://safety4sea.com/australian-authorities-release-yang-ming-container-ship/

Petition asks Carnival Corp. to suspend operations in Glacier Bay National Park

Activists with the Clean Up Carnival Coalition conducted a press conference outside the National Park Service’s Anchorage Regional Office in Alaska and presented a petition that was signed by more than 46,000 people who call for the suspension of Carnival Corporation’s cruise ship permits in Glacier Bay National Park.

The people that signed the petition ask for the suspension of Carnival Corporation’s cruise ship allowance in Glacier Bay National Park until the company installs third-party...

https://safety4sea.com/petition-asks-carnival-corp-to-suspend-operations-in-glacier-bay-national-park/

Rubbish bins from recycled plastic spread across the UK

BinForGreenSeas announced that Swale Council will join its project. The organization will soon establish three bins along the Swale seafront, prompting visitors to dispose of their litter responsibly with our prominent and poignant message: throw marine life a lifeline.

The bins will be placed at Minster Beach, Leysdown Beach and Sheerness Beach. These are popular areas with tourists and locals alike, so we are delighted that Swale Council is being so proactive in taking a stand against marine...

https://safety4sea.com/rubbish-bins-from-recycled-plastic-spread-across-the-uk/

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