...S. Zahra Pourvakhshouri; Shattri Mansor Oil pollution is one of the most important issues affecting the marine coastal environments all over the world. There are a large number of organizations to propose plans for managing the problems that coastal areas face, including various methods to combat...

...Konstantinos Giziakis; Ernestini Bardi‐Giziaki Ship accidents may create, apart from other damage, environmental pollution. For at least three decades, continuous efforts have been made by various maritime organizations, and especially the IMO, to find effective ways towards reducing...

... societies and against single‐hull tankers. The positive fact is the initiative of the European Parliament and the Council to set up a community framework for cooperation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution. Moreover, the EU fears that all sub‐standard tankers will eventually be banned...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Pollution Pollution 14 August 1998 - Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala M tanker Daiju Maru No. 8 (998gt, built 1994), carrying gas oil and other fuel, was in collision with a small fishing vessel (Koei Maru No. 18)off Japan's northern...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Disaster Marine transport Pollution Pollution Keywords Disaster,Marine transport, Pollution 21 May 1998 ­ Long Beach, California, USA Shortly after morning rush hour on 8 May, a 48-year-old oil pipeline under Elm Avenue in Long...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Disasters Marine transport Pollution Marine Keywords Disasters, Marine transport, Pollution 21 May 1998 ­ Arrington, Mass, USA The US National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that pilot error caused m tanker Julie...

... of heavy fuel escaped from the Kuroshima, a reefer ship that grounded during a winter storm in Alaska. © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Environmental impact Oil Pollution P&I club criticises US over oil spill Keywords Environmental impact, Oil, Pollution...

..., destruction of endangered fauna and flora, soil erosion, landslides, water pollution, sedimentation and downstream flooding. Some of these problems have been exacerbated and turned into disasters due to the extremely fragile and sensitive nature of hill ecosystems. Despite such problems, the State Government...

... the speediest possible investigation: this did not allow sufficient time to build up a fully detailed and representative portfolio of existing (background) pollution levels of the ambient environment and of the populations within and without (controls) the study area. While one has sympathy for the hard‐pressed...

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... by the Montreal Protocol of 1987. Identifies producers who are conducting research and development for alternative products with low toxicity and zero ozone depletion factors. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Environment Fire Halon gas Hazardous materials Pollution Toxic waste ...

... of the reality of what is very likely to occur in the twenty‐first century will allow more effective and efficient disaster planning than we have had up to now. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Contingency planning Disaster recovery Environment Pollution ...

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...Christopher L. Bell As pollution of the environment increases the demand from the public that action be taken to clean up the mess also increases. The question of financial cost of this clean‐up is of prime importance:“Who pays?” Many companies are now looking at insurance cover as a means...