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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.
Topic: Shipping Environmental Impacts
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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?
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Black Carbon 101: How Black Carbon Behaves in the Arctic
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Black Carbon in the Arctic: What You Need to Know
How does air pollution from marine shipping accelerate climate change in the Arctic and what can be done about it?
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