Marine Pollution Control Articles & Analysis
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Abstract: Marine industry in the past traditionally did not required any Air Pollution Control regulations for obvious reasons of locations of the ships in the open far from the residential areas and as the result the working conditions for the ships personnel where neglected as well as for passengers on the ships especially for such as cruise ...
Marine pollution control is a sensitive topic, which has gained importance recently due to crude oil spills which in turn has led to many recent international legal developments. ...
This paper addresses problems of marine environment protection in Russia, with an emphasis on the legislative and institutional basis for protecting the seas from oil pollution. The status of the Black and Baltic Seas is described, together with the relevant technical, organisational, and economic elements. As an example of a comprehensive approach for tackling the problems under consideration, ...
This suggests that, rather urgently, measures other than monitoring should be initiated to control sea harbour pollution.Keywords: oil pollution, optimal pollution monitoring, Russian harbours, oil spills, pollution control, marine pollution, environmental ...
It is shown that both the time distribution of different types of oil spill and the distribution of spill size are affected by pollution control instruments such as fines, by enforcement effort, and by the alert level of the operating personnel.Keywords: environmental pollution, optimisation, policy measures, principal agency, oil spills, ...
The oceans have in the past been extensively used as disposal sites for various kinds of waste. The world ocean – being the final sink for many natural and anthropogenic substances – is a "labile" ecosystem, which is and has for a long time been the focal point of extensive interdisciplinary research. Measurements of heavy metals and a suite of various chemical compounds in the marine ...