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Maritime Commercial Incidents and Accidents
Clear Seas examined the spatial distribution of commercial marine shipping incidents and accidents in and around Canadian waters and created an interactive, user-friendly visualization tool to share this data. Accessible to all, this tool can be used to highlight areas of potential shipping risks, identify trends in marine incident reporting, and help inform policymakers and the public on the safety of marine shipping in Canada.
Report
Assessing Sensitivity of Coastal Areas to Oil Spills
Workshop/Webinar
Assessing the Sensitivity of Coastal Areas to Oil Spills – Study Highlights & Demo
New mapping tool and associated report developed to support marine spatial planning in Canada’s Pacific Coast.
Article
What is the HNS Convention?
The 2010 Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) Convention sets out a liability regime to compensate for damage caused by incidents involving HNS transported by sea.
Article
Getting to Zero by 2050 – Technical Regulatory Details Matter in Accelerating Decarbonization of Marine Fuels
Action at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to regulate emissions from fuel production, and to consider all types of greenhouse gases (GHGs) — not just CO2 — is moving slowly and not receiving much attention. But these regulatory details are probably more important than the headline-grabbing move to target net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. Here’s why.
Article
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?
Workshop/Webinar
Maritime Commercial Incidents and Accidents in Canadian Waters
On July 13, 2021, Clear Seas’ launched the Maritime Commercial Incidents and Accidents dashboard highlighting ten years of data on marine incidents and accidents that occurred in and around Canadian waters.
Video
Sensitivity of Coastal Areas to Oil Spills
Resource Toolkit
Toolkit: Transporting Oil by Ships
Explore our resources related to the transport of oil by sea, to inform and encourage conversations about safe and sustainable marine shipping in Canada.
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