Topic: Shipping Environmental Impacts
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Ship Waste
Merchant vessels produce different types of waste as part of their operations. Discover the rules governing the management and disposal of these wastes in Canadian and international waters.
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Liquefied Natural Gas as a Marine Fuel in the Arctic: Panacea or Poison?
Clear Seas convenes a roundtable to gather perspectives on the use of LNG as fuel for marine shipping in Canada’s north.
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Decarbonizing Marine Shipping: Clean fuels for a greener future?
Is a fossil fuel free future for marine shipping a realistic goal or just a pipe dream?
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Is Marine Spatial Planning the Key to Safer and Healthier Oceans?
How sharing the marine environment and managing its use can help ensure a sustainable future for our oceans and waterways.
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Nathan E. Stewart Oil Spill:
Five Years After
Five years after the Nathan E. Stewart sank, spilling the equivalent of a railcar’s worth of diesel fuel into the ocean,1 we want to know: could a similar incident happen today and how prepared are we if it does?
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Haida Gwaii Oil Spill Prevention Measures Renewed for Ships
The Voluntary Protection Zone implemented to keep commercial ships at a safe distance from the west coast of Haida Gwaii is extended.
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Ballast water management: stopping the spread of invasive species by ships
Why commercial ships carry ballast water on board, and how it affects the marine environment.
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Shipping Containers Overboard
Why are shipping containers lost at sea and where do they end up?