July 3, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Environment / 0 comments
Most of us use them every day, the thin plastic bags used by almost every retailer we visit. Whether we’re shopping for groceries or the newest Prada, you can almost guarantee that you’ll be leaving the store with a plastic bag stuffed full of your new goodies. Then, when you arrive home, you’ll quickly remove […]
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Boat Built with Recycled Plastic to Highlight Pollution
September 19, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Environment / 0 comments
(Photo courtesy The Flipflopi Expedition) Kenyan islanders have built a boat made entirely of recycled plastic collected during clean-ups of the ocean to highlight the growing menace of plastic waste that ends up in the sea. (Photo courtesy The Flipflopi Expedition) Last year, the Kenyan government imposed the world’s toughest law against plastic bags, with […]
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Global warming is making oceans so acidic, they may reach the pH they were 14 million years ago
August 20, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Environment / 0 comments
We already know plastic waste leads to a colossal level of marine pollution and threatens the lives and habitats of many animals and plants. We also know sunscreen can bleach coral and destroy whole reefs and that even traces of drugs can tip the hormonal balance of various marine animals. Man is to blame for […]
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Green Shipping: Toward a Clean Future
August 17, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Environment / 0 comments
Photo: SMM The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced its targets of cutting greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping in half by the year 2050, and to make ships entirely CO2-neutral before 2100. But long before that, the so-called sulphur cap will take effect: From 2020 all oceangoing ships must run on fuel that contains […]
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China Seeks Feedback on Use of LNG as Marine Fuel
August 13, 2018 / by Adelaide Atakora / Environment / 0 comments
The Chinese Transport Ministry is seeking feedback from the country’s key maritime and shipping players on the advancement of the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as marine fuel. The ministry addressed the letter seeking comments to shipping companies, port and maritime authorities as well as oil companies, asking them to submit their opinions on […]
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World’s First Ocean Going Solar Powered Superyacht Set to be Unveiled
August 10, 2018 / by Kuukua Bentil / Environment, Technology / 0 comments
Swiss company SolarImpact Yacht AG has announced plans to debut its new project. What is believed to be the world’s first ocean-going solar superyacht, which has been in the research phase for five years, is now ready to be unveiled to the world. The 23.7-metre (78-foot) vessel, designed by Marlena Ratajska, draws power from a […]
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Port of Rotterdam: Bow Jubail Oil Spill Clean-Up Will Last until Mid-2019
August 10, 2018 / by Kuukua Bentil / Environment, Maritime Industry / 0 comments
The cleanup operation of the heavy-fuel oil that spilled from Odfjell’s chemical tanker Bow Jubail at the end of June is expected to last until the middle of 2019, according to the Port of Rotterdam Authority. The tanker vessel leaked over 200 tonnes of fuel oil in the port of Rotterdam following the collision that took […]
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IMO launching study into Mediterranean emission control area
July 5, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Environment / 0 comments
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has started a study for a new 0.1% low Sulphur emission control area (ECA) in the Mediterranean. The IMO Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC) is coordinating the study into the possible ECA to cover all, or part of the Mediterranean Sea. The ECA would […]
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International Plastic Bag Free Day
July 3, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Environment / 0 comments
Most of us use them every day, the thin plastic bags used by almost every retailer we visit. Whether we’re shopping for groceries or the newest Prada, you can almost guarantee that you’ll be leaving the store with a plastic bag stuffed full of your new goodies. Then, when you arrive home, you’ll quickly remove […]
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Extreme Sea Levels Predicted to Increase
July 3, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Environment / 0 comments
Credit: Mathew Waters A new study has predicted that future global warming will lead to an increase in extreme sea levels, with consequent flood risks to coastal infrastructure and human populations. Extreme sea levels occur through a combination of high tides and extreme weather events, which can generate storm surges and high wind waves. […]
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Fuels, Lubricants & Green Marine
June 11, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Environment / 0 comments
The MT Seriana on the Bosporus: severe corrosion problems were solved with Chevron’s Special HT Ultra 140 BN cylinder oil. (Photo: Chevron) International Maritime Organization (IMO) fuel rules entering force in 2020 mandate a drastic sulfur reduction. By 2050 the mandate is to cut greenhouse gas emissions of shipping by at least 50 percent. Marine […]
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