Subscribe to RSS feedSatellites used to watch for pollution
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Steve Matthews, London
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Aug 13, 2010 04:21 PM
GROWING use of satellite surveillance is putting shipowners at increasing risk of investigation and legal action for maritime pollution, North P&I club has warned.
North P&I loss prevention executive Colin Gillespie said: “The use of satellite imagery for tracking and measuring oil spills is becoming increasingly sophisticated.
“A less well-known use is to assist in the detection and prosecution of vessels that pollute the...
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