waste management

USCG: Waste Reception Facilities on fishing ports

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In the last post of USCG’s series on Waste Reception Facility regulatory requirements, the Facility Safety Branch staff discusses how MARPOL 73/78 governing waste reception facilities applies to the three different categories of commercial fishing ports.

In 1989 when developing 33 CFR 158, the US Coast Guard estimated that Annex V of MARPOL 73/78 (regulations for the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) would apply to around 9 million ships, including privately owned recreational craft...

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Climate change, big data and supply chains to take over in 2020

Bureau Veritas estimates that in 2020 there will be major growth in compliance, leading testing and inspection. The certification authority revealed that the key trends in the year ahead will be tackling climate change, ‘Big Data’ as well as ethical supply chains.

Ken Smith, Country Chief at Bureau Veritas UK, highlighted that “as we look to the year ahead, considering ways in which a business can meaningfully help to tackle climate change will remain a top priority, and in many instances, this...

https://safety4sea.com/climate-change-big-data-and-supply-chains-to-take-over-in-2020/

EU assesses five Algerian ports’ waste management plan

Waste has become a challenging issue that the shipping industry has to deal with, not only because it affects marine life and oceans, but because it is also a barrier to ports and their operations. Thus, the EU funded SAFEMED IV project will run on the ports of Arzew, Bejaia, Skida, old and new port and Algiers in Algeria.

Specifically, the waste coming from ships is a serious social, environmental, economic and health issue worldwide, making garbage management onboard vessels a crucial priority.

https://safety4sea.com/eu-assesses-five-algerian-ports-waste-management-plan/

Finland to reform legislation on delivery of waste from ships to ports

Finland informed that the legislation on the delivery of waste from ships to ports will be updated. The aim is to improve the treatment and reception of waste in ports, which will reduce the generation of marine litter and consequently the discharge of plastic into the seas.

Amendments will be made to the Act on Environmental Protection in Maritime Transport, as required by the June 2019 revision of the EU Directive on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships.

The...

https://safety4sea.com/finland-to-reform-legislation-on-delivery-of-waste-from-ships-to-ports/

Ships waste not subject to EU law on transfer of waste

The Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) confirmed that waste from ships is not subject to the requirements of EU law on transfer of waste. The legal case arose from the fire on board the MSC Flaminia in 2012.

As the North P&I Club says, in this case owners wanted to send the vessel to a ship yard in Romania for immediate clean-up and repair, but the German environmental authorities refused permission, claiming that the ship contained debris, sludge and fire-fighting water.

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https://safety4sea.com/ships-waste-not-subject-to-eu-law-on-transfer-of-waste/

Maersk’s New Decommissioning Business Lands First Gig

  • Maersk Decom, together with Maersk Supply Service, is project managing the removal, recycling and waste management. 
  • Perenco has booked the company to remove and recycle the subsea infrastructure of its Thames field in the UK North Sea.

Maersk’s new offshore decommissioning business, Maersk Decom, has secured its first commercial contract, reports World Oil. 

Waste management 

The project includes the cut and recovery of wellheads and wellhead protection structures, as well as end-to-end...

http://mfame.guru/maersks-new-decommissioning-business-lands-first-gig/

Maersk Decom and Maersk Supply Service to provide Thames decommissioning

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Maersk Decom and Maersk Supply Service to provide Thames decommissioning

Maersk Decom, together with Maersk Supply Service, is project managing the removal, recycling and waste management of subsea infrastructure for Perenco’s Thames field in the UK North Sea. 

The project includes the cut and recovery of wellheads and wellhead protection structures, as well as end-to-end recycling and waste management. It is being delivered by an integrated team covering project management,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/09/02/maersk-decom-and-maersk-supply-service-to-provide-thames-decommissioning/

Cruise ship to be equipped with sustainable waste disposal solution

Wärtsilä informed that it will supply and install an Auto Gasification solution for the ‘Regal Princess’, a Princess Cruises vessel. This technology aims to enable the safe disposal of waste from the ship through a self-fueling thermal decomposition unit.

This solution will significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while it will also reduce the requirement to offload waste at shore facilities.

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The Wärtsilä supplied gasification unit will replace one of...

https://safety4sea.com/cruise-ship-to-be-equipped-with-sustainable-waste-disposal-solution/

Mozambique: Emerging oil and gas sector needs better oil spill preparedness

The Government of Mozambique, in collaboration with UN Environment and Norway’s Oil for Development Programme, launched a report to strengthen Mozambique’s capacity to address environmental management challenges related to its oil and gas sector.

This comes as the Southeast African country is expected to become the world’s third largest natural gas exporter by 2023, bringing a projected $39 billion to the Mozambican economy over the next 20 years and creating over 700,000 jobs by 2035, according...

https://safety4sea.com/mozambique-emerging-oil-and-gas-sector-needs-better-oil-spill-preparedness/

UCL Port’s Multipurpose Reloading Complex increases finance for environmental protection

In line with its sustainability policy Port of Ust-Luga, Leningrad Region based Murltipurpose Reloading Complex has allocated RUB 3.92 million for the 2018 environmental protection. This constitutes an 11% increase than a year earlier.

RUB 2.3 million was spent on modernization and maintenance of MRC’ environmental facilities.

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Specifically, during 2018 the company starting developing a project for rehabilitation of the terminal’s wastewater treatment...

https://safety4sea.com/ucl-ports-multipurpose-reloading-complex-increases-finance-for-environmental-protection/

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