Sentences with phrase «ships near the coasts»

We were instrumental in achieving the establishment of air pollution limits for ships near the coasts of the U.S. and Canada, which prohibit the use of dirty bunker fuel — unless alternative compliance methods are employed, such as shorepower or other pollution reduction technologies.

Not exact matches

A day earlier, Apache Corp. announced it would «completely exit» the 50 - 50 partnership, which includes natural gas resources in northeastern B.C., a pipeline to the West Coast and a facility near Kitimat, B.C., to chill the gas into a liquid state so it can be shipped overseas.

The first vessel used was a ship out of Adramyttium, a port on the northwest coast near Troas, which was sailing back from the south and stopped to pick up passengers at Caesarea.

«This project, along with the recently completed access at the Coast Guard site near the historic lighthouse and ongoing work on the Times Beach Boardwalk, Gallagher Beach Pavilion and Union Ship Canal node, demonstrates the tremendous momentum we are building along the Outer Harbor.»

Before that he and his shipmates had seen how buoyant the hydrate was: As they worked off the coast, large blocks of it sometimes bobbed to the surface near the ship.

Expansive decks provide an exceptional vantage point for spotting and photographing wildlife — a polar bear lumbering near the ship's prow in Arctic Norway, or a humpback whale breaching off Alaska's coast.

The refineries, cargo ships, diesel trucks and factories clustered near the ports generate enough toxic air pollution to put the risk of cancer near Melissa and Mary's house 20 percent higher than the average for the south coast of California.

Ocean acidification, rising ocean temperatures, declining sea ice, and other environmental changes interact to affect the location and abundance of marine fish, including those that are commercially important, those used as food by other species, and those used for subsistence.16, 17,18,122,19,20,21 These changes have allowed some near - surface fish species such as salmon to expand their ranges northward along the Alaskan coast.124, 125,126 In addition, non-native species are invading Alaskan waters more rapidly, primarily through ships releasing ballast waters and bringing southerly species to Alaska.5, 127 These species introductions could affect marine ecosystems, including the feeding relationships of fish important to commercial and subsistence fisheries.

The Coast Guard is currently searching for a Floral City man who fell off a Carnival Victory cruise ship Wednesday morning in the Gulf of Mexico near Cuba.

Emergency teams have been called into action to rescue passengers missing after their cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, ran aground off the coast of Italy, near the island of Giglio.