Sentence examples for shipping pollution from inspiring English sources

A German report estimates that 60,000 deaths each year are caused by shipping pollution.

Some studies suggest that the health risks of shipping pollution are worse than those caused by traffic pollution.

Even over a 20-year time frame, shipping pollution still contributes an overall cooling effect – as do electric trains, due to the aerosol pollution kicked out from coal-fired power stations.

That bothers international shipping firms and ship brokers, which argue that Bangladeshi ship breakers have cleaned up their act.At the International Maritime Organisation, the UN agency responsible for curbing shipping pollution and ensuring safety, the head of pollution prevention, Nikos Mikelis, says environmentalists present Bangladesh with a false choice.

The regulations, which stipulate that certain types of vessel built after 2016 have to be fitted with bulky equipment that converts nitrogen oxides into nitrogen and water, were presented to the International Maritime Organisation, the UN body responsible for reducing shipping pollution, but were resisted by trade bodies representing superyacht manufacturers.

The new global cap will supplement China's efforts to combat shipping pollution in two ways.

Fishing-nets, speeding ships, pollution and coastal development threaten the few that remain.

The International Maritime Organization, a United Nations body responsible for improving marine safety and reducing ship pollution, also has the authority to set acoustic standards.

Last year, Norwegian Cruise Line was part of a crackdown on cruise ship pollution when it and the three other large cruise lines pleaded guilty to intentionally polluting the waters in which they operated.

"E.P.A. has delivered a strong program that will go a long way toward solving the problem of diesel train and ship pollution," said Richard Kassel, head of the organization's clean fuels and vehicles project.

Public attention was focused on cruise ship pollution in 1998 and last year when Royal Caribbean Cruises International pleaded guilty to a fleetwide conspiracy to discharge waste illegally over several years.