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Maritime News
IMO Adopts World’s Largest Emission Control Area and Other Issues at MPEC
While much of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MPEC 84) was bogged down with political positioning and stalling tactics, the…
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BioNatur Plastics Introduces Cargo Wrap for US Market
BioNatur Plastics’ anaerobic biodegradable and 100% recyclable stretch wrap is now available to U.S. manufacturers and cargo operators at a…
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Greenpeace Activists Hang from Scottish Bridge to Block Gas Carrier
Scotland’s famed Forth Road Bridge, crossing the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, is closed as Greenpeace activists attempt to block…
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It’s Time for Shipping to Properly Regulate Plastic Pollution
In the vast expanses of the world's oceans, a silent yet pervasive threat is taking shape: nurdles. These tiny,…
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What Scuttled the Global Plastics Treaty Talks in Busan?
[By Emma Bryce] Momentum for a global deal to tackle global plastic pollution stalled this month in South Korea,…
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Eating Fish Exposes Consumers to Microplastics, With Unknown Risk
[By Prof. Amelie Chatel] It’s no secret: when we savor a delicious piece of fish or a platter of…
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Port News
A.P. Moller Holding starts up green methanol-based plastics producer
Denmark’s A.P. Moller Holding has launched a new venture which will manufacture fossil-free plastic resins using green methanol as a…
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Port News
Formosa Plastics prunes tanker fleet
Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Marine Corporation is back in the secondhand market. It has just sold a 10-year-old ballast water system…
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Port News
Plastics at sea tracking initiative launches
Shipping leaders have united in their support of pollution mapping initiative Eyesea which was officially launched today. Eyesea, a not-for-profit…
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Maritime News
Interview: Christine Spiten, WWF & Cleaning Up Ocean Plastics
Christine Spiten, Nor-Shipping’s latest #ACTION hero, is profiled here, explaining how she left Blueye for the WWF and a mission…
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