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Technology › Japanese shipping firms in eco-ship development race

Sunday 22nd November, 03:18 AM JST TOKYO — Leading Japanese shipping companies are in a race to develop ecological ships to help reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from maritime traffic, which accounts for more than 90 percent of...

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How 16 ships create as much pollution as all the cars in the world

Eco expert: Fred Pearce is an environmental consultant to New Scientist magazine Last week it was revealed that 54 oil tankers are anchored off the coast of Britain, refusing to unload their fuel until prices have risen. For 31...

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Wisconsin Great Lakes ballast regulations set for February

The Associated Press • November 21, 2009 MADISON — State environmental officials say they'll begin enforcing new ballast water regulations on Great Lakes vessels in February. The rules are designed to prevent the spread of...

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MCA Second EGM To Be Called Off, Fresh Polls In Six Months?

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- It seems that the second Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) will likely be called off and the MCA

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Nigeria: 2010 - Port Committed to Single Hulls Phase-Out January 1

As Nigerian maritime regulators seem helpless to enforcing the 25 years old Single Hall phase-out rule of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) the port of Fujairah has announced that it is sticking to the United Arab...

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Patagonian Sea atlas published

Portuguese navy thwarts Somali pirate attack Lisbon (AFP) Nov 19, 2009 - The Portuguese navy thwarted an attack on a local fishing boat by pirates off the coast of Somalia, officials said on Thursday. Fishermen raised the alarm...

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Nigeria: Experts Meet On Marine Pollution

Energy experts, environmentalists, and security operatives are meeting in Accra to fashion out how to detect oil spillage in the marine waters of the country. The one-week workshop is also to equip the participants to use...

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EPA Is One Step Closer to New Ship Emissions Standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delivered draft rules for new engine and fuel standards for the largest ocean-bound ships to the White House for review, reports the New York Times. The draft rule (PDF) requires...

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JRC and Malta agree to strengthen research collaboration

On the occasion of a joint event organised by the JRC in cooperation with the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST), the two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding on intensified research cooperation....

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United States Coast Guard Runs Fiorano

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA--(Marketwire - Fiorano Software (www.fiorano.com), the innovator of peer-to-peer distributed dataflow that integrates applications and complex technologies into an enterprise...

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