A recently released report on the 2018 grounding of a Russian ship in the Canadian Arctic points out the many dangers of a coming shipping boom in an increasingly ice-free Arctic, including the lack of reliable navigational charts and crews inexperienced in polar waters.
NGOs Urge Action on Arctic Fuel oil ban
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Thursday May 20, 2021 Environmentalists have called on Arctic countries to eliminate heavy fuel oil (HFO) from the Arctic region. The call, from a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), comes ahead of an
Arctic Council meeting set for this week.
Clean Arctic Alliance s
Sian Prior said the meeting was a unique opportunity for foreign ministers to act. International Maritime Organisation. if progress is to be made in dealing with the impact of shipping in the Arctic and protecting the remaining Arctic summer sea ice , according to maritime news website Shipinsight.
Factbox: What happens when there is an oil spill at sea?
Clean-up crews worked to contain an oil spill in the Yellow Sea near the Chinese port city of Qingdao, a day after a tanker carrying around a million barrels of bitumen mix collided with a bulk vessel.
While a preliminary study by Chinese maritime officials estimated about 500 tonnes (3,420 barrels) of oil had been spilled, it was still unclear as to the how much had been emptied into the sea.
Here are some facts about oil spills and their impact on the environment.
TYPES OF OIL SPILLS
Spills typically involve two forms of oils, non-persistent and persistent.
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Environmental News For The Week Ending 13December 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Summary:
New US Covid cases were at a record 247,737 on Friday on the worldometers site that I watch; that would be nearly 40% of all the new infections reported worldwide on that day as per that site.However, the Johns Hopkins dashboard is showing a record 1,489,000 new Covid infections worldwide on that date, more than double any previous one day total..I have to assume that s in error, and my best guess would be that somehow the data was entered twice, and they ll eventually correct it.Regardless, whatever the a