What can be done to prevent marine oil pollution?
• From land-based sources? Better management of stormwater, better treatment of household sewage and industrial wastewater, more efficient burning in boilers (power plants), more efficient collection of waste oils from petrol stations and households, additional measures to reduce discharges from industrial processes and installations, including refineries and other chemical industries. • [READ MORE] • From sea-based sources? A number of additional measures could be envisaged to further improve the safety and environmental performance of tankers and other vessels, and of offshore oil rigs. Well-trained crews, strict fire safety regulations on board, better navigational equipment, traffic separation schemes in busy shipping corridors, and frequent inspection of ships (particularly older ones), are all measures that could and should be taken to further minimize the risks of collisions/accidents and groundings. Further improvements of ship’s design will also help to minimize the size of a
