Pollution

Highlights

Nearly all fuel oil removed from bulker Wakashio stricken off Mauritius

Aug 13, 2020

Almost all the fuel oil has been removed from onboard the Japanese bulker Wakashio stricken off the island of Mauritius.

Over 1,000 tonnes of fuel spilled from bulker Wakashio off Mauritius

Aug 10, 2020

Over 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil have spilled from the capesize bulker Wakashio aground of the tourist island of...

Master of APL England charged in Australian court

Jun 01, 2020

The Master of the containership APL England, which lost 40 containers overboard off Sydney on 24 May, has been...

Athos I and safe berth clauses

Apr 09, 2020

On rare occasions, maritime cases will reach the highest court in the land - the US Supreme Court. Shipping veterans will remember back to late 2004, when the Tsakos managed tanker Athos I spilled crude oil on the Delaware River inbound to the...

Unix Line pleads guilty in US to illegal discharges of oily water

Feb 27, 2020

Singapore-based ship management firm Unix Line has pleaded guilty in a US court on Wednesday for concealing illegal discharges of oily water, the US Justice Department has announced.

Australia arrests Yang Ming boxship over pollution debt of $13m

Feb 11, 2020

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has arrested a Yang Ming boxship on Sunday over a pollution incident in 2018, as the authority demands the shipowner to pay a pollution debt of up to AUD20m ($13.4m).

Australia arrests Yang Ming boxship over pollution debt of $13m

Feb 11, 2020

Chinese authority warns ZPMC over environmental pollution

Aug 13, 2019

Chinese port machinery manufacturer Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co (ZPMC) has come under the radar of China’s...

New study finds ‘negligible’ environmental impact from scrubber wash water

Jun 17, 2019

A new independent study conducted by Netherlands-based CE Delft has found negligible environmental impact from accumulated...