marine spills

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• Marine safety (USCG) — Marine safety is one of the eleven missions of the United States Coast Guard. Coast Guard personnel inspect commercial vessels, respond to pollution, investigate marine casualties and merchant mariners, manage waterways, and license merchant… …   Wikipedia

• Marine Department (Hong Kong) — Marine Department 海事處 Agency overview Headquarters Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong Employees 1,407 …   Wikipedia

• Marine fuel management — (MFM) is a multi level approach to measuring, monitoring, and reporting fuel usage on a boat or ship, with the goals of reducing fuel usage, increasing operational efficiency, and improving fleet management oversight. MFM has grown in importance… …   Wikipedia

• Marine pollution — While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm. Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry… …   Wikipedia

• marine biology — Science that deals with the animals and plants of the sea and estuaries and with airborne and terrestrial organisms that depend directly on bodies of saltwater for food and other necessities. Marine biologists study the relations between ocean… …   Universalium

• Marine loading arm — One of three marine loading arms connects this oil tanker to the pier. A marine loading arm, also known as a mechanical loading arm, loading arm, or MLA is a device consisting of articulated steel pipes that connect a tankship such as an oil… …   Wikipedia

• Resilience (ecology) — For other uses, see Resilience (disambiguation). Lake and Mulga ecosystems with alternative stable states[1] In ecology, resilience is the capacity of an ecosyst …   Wikipedia

• Prestige oil spill — This article is about the spill. For the oil tanker, see Prestige (oil tanker). Prestige oil spill Volunteers cleaning the coastline in Galicia in the aftermath of the Prestige catastrophe, March, 2003 Location Atlantic Ocean …   Wikipedia

• Oil spill — A squid after an oil spill Oil Sick from th …   Wikipedia

• Environmental issues in the Niger Delta — Key environmental issues in the Niger Delta of Nigeria relate to its petroleum industry. The delta covers 20,000 km² within wetlands of 70,000 km² formed primarily by sediment deposition. Home to 20 million people and 40 different… …   Wikipedia

• Deepwater Horizon oil spill — 2010 oil spill and BP oil spill redirect here. For other oil spills in 2010, see 2010 oil spill (disambiguation). For the 2006 oil spill involving BP, see Prudhoe Bay oil spill. For the drilling rig and explosion, see Deepwater Horizon… …   Wikipedia