Other Pollutions

Le transport maritime produit des déchets, eaux de lavage des citernes, eaux de ballast, cendres d’incinérateurs, déchets ménagers et de maintenance et – nouveauté – des résidus solides soufrés provenant de la désulfuration des fumées. La mer a aussi ses décharges coutumières de munitions, de déchets chimiques et radioactifs. Les effets sur les organismes marins sont mal connus et ne sont pas recherchés. Des milliers d’épaves sont dispersées dans les eaux côtières ou les fonds océaniques. Certaines d’entre elles contiennent encore des cargaisons toxiques ou explosives.

(Français) Une Seveso seuil haut boit la tasse

3 Jul 2023

(Français) Une Seveso seuil haut boit la tasse

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(Français) Transport maritime de marchandises : comment freiner cette pollution exponentielle?

25 Oct 2022

(Français) Transport maritime de marchandises : comment freiner cette pollution exponentielle?

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(Français) Les Seveso continuent à sortir de leurs cages

24 Jul 2020

(Français) Les Seveso continuent à sortir de leurs cages

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Oil spill caused by bauxite

30 Apr 2019

Oil spill caused by bauxite

Solomon Trader (formerly known as the Ocean Amber, the Noble Union, the Nueva Union, the Doric Chariot). IMO 9075670. Measures 225m in length. 73,592 deadweight tons. Hong Kong flag. Classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Built in 1994 in Ulsan, South Korea by Hyundai. Owned by King Trader Ltd. (Hong Kong, China). Detained in 2005 in Hay Point, Australia and in 2012 in Paradip, India. The Solomon Trader brings bad luck. On July 29,2002, as the Greek flagged Doric Chariot, she left Hay Point (Queensland, Australia) with her coal cargo and ran ground on a coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef near Piper Island. Australian authorities reported no casualties or pollution. On February 20, 2013, as the Hong Kong flagged Ocean Amber, she was anchored at Richards Bay, South Africa. The port anchor windlass motor exploded, which killed an Indian sailor.

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(Français) Les 2 boulettes de l’Etat français

27 Feb 2014

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Stop the Gigantics !

13 Apr 2012

Stop the Gigantics !

Costa Concordia – Press release n°3
Giglio

The Gigantic was the name with which White Star Line christened its 3rd liner. The Gigantic was even bigger than the Titanic.

After the Titanic sank, the company changed its communications strategy, launching the Gigantic under the name Britannic in 1914.

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Somewhere between ‘Are you ready?” and “shhh!…The child’s asleep”.

19 Jan 2012

The maritime prefect of the Mediterranean has chosen the right option: the first. They have deployed anti-pollution measures in Corsica to counter the possible arrival of oil from the Costa Concordia wreck. Italy has yet to do the same for Sardinia and the Elba. It is noted here and there that there are recommendations on the use of dispersants. In an environment as fragile and rich in biodiversity, this toxins product is not recommended.

Faced with soothing words from several stakeholders, Robin des Bois emphasises that pollutants and floating debris in the marine sub-region encircled by Italy and France can float hundreds of kilometres.

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(Français) Union Neptune : le renflouement est urgent.

11 Aug 2011

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(Français) Les épaves déchargent

4 Dec 2009

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(Français) A-t-elle les reins assez solides ?

16 Jul 2009

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