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Marine World
Russia Oil Cargo Earlier Linked to Reliance Discharges Elsewhere
By Rakesh Sharma (Bloomberg) — Two tankers carrying Russian Urals crude, both of which had signaled India’s Sikka port as their…
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Court Fines Fishing Companies Over $1 Million for Bilge Discharges
The federal district court in Anchorage, Alaska, has entered final judgment against three Kodiak-based commercial fishing companies and their manager…
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Finland Implements Historic Ban on Ship Wastewater Discharges in Baltic Sea
Finland’s groundbreaking ban on sewage and open-circuit scrubber wastewater discharges in its territorial waters takes effect today, making it the…
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Finland bans ship waste discharges in first for maritime environmental law
Starting today, it will be illegal for cargo ships to discharge toilet wastewater, sulphuric wash water, and scrubber sludge into…
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Greek Shipping Companies Fined $4.5 Million for Illegal Oil Discharges, Cover-Up
Two Greek shipping companies have been slapped with $4.5 million in fines and penalties after their vessel, the MT Kriti…
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Sweden Bans Scrubber Discharges in its Waters
Sweden has joined the list of countries seeking to ban scrubber water discharges in their waters. In a proposal…
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Denmark bans scrubber discharges
Denmark’s government has joined the growing list of countries taking action against open-loop scrubbers, having reached a “broad political agreement”…
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Politicians urged to act as interactive map shows scale of global scrubber washwater discharges
The Washington DC-headquartered International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has issued a first-of-its-kind 28-page report, along with an interactive map,…
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Singapore Shipping Company Fined $12 Million Over Illegal Oily Water Discharges
Singaporean shipping company Pacific Carriers Limited has been fined $12 million in U.S. federal court after pleading guilty to concealing…
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US EPA proposes standards to reduce impact of discharges from commercial ships
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed standards to reduce the environmental impact of discharges, such as ballast water,…
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