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Maritime News
Plastic Waste Drifts Ashore After MSC Boxship Sinks
With monsoon season getting into full swing off India's southwest coast, salvors are gearing up to manage the risk…
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Port News
EU clamps down on shipping of plastic pellets
The European Union will clamp down on the shipping of plastic pellets. The EU has set obligations for the transport…
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Maritime News
UK Says with Fires Out, Focus is on Recovery and Pollution Retrieval
HM Coastguard reports that the response to the allision between the containership Solong and the tanker Stena Immaculate is…
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Port News
Concerns raised as plastic pellets wash up after North Sea collision
Plastic pellets have washed up on shore following last week’s collision between the Stena Immaculate tanker and the containership Solong…
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Maritime News
Plastic Pollution Washes Ashore as UK Continues Planning Vessel Salvage
The first signs of pollution were reported by HM Coastguard in the water and washing ashore on Sunday, March…
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Maritime News
The Struggle Against Plastic Choking the Mekong
[By Anton L. Delgado] On Son Island in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, Le Trung Tin scatters fish feed into his…
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Maritime News
Tough Regulations for Ships as EU Moves to Contain Plastic Pellet Pollution
Europe is taking measures to tackle the challenges of plastic pellet pollution with the drafting of regulations that specifically…
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Maritime News
Ocean Plastic Cleanups May Do More Harm Than Good
[By Emma Bryce] When fishers in China’s Zhejiang province return home each day, they haul ashore more than fish.…
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Maritime News
Study: Growing Plastic Pollution Wreaking Havoc in Global South
Developing and poor countries are bearing the brunt of the plastic pollution crisis even as the world continues to…
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Marine World
Toxic Waste Bound For Thailand on Maersk, MSC Cargo Vessels Set To Return to Europe
By K. Oanh Ha Aug 18, 2024 (Bloomberg) –Shipping containers bound for Thailand allegedly filled with tons of hazardous industrial waste from Albania…
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