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Babbit's alien species statements - April 1998
Each day, new cargo ships arrive in American ports, and new shipments of tropical fish and plants are sold on ...
www.hear.org


SoundNet - Cetaceans Fight For Survival, Against Man-Made Odds
The right whale faces collisions with cargo ships and entanglement in fishing nets as it commutes up and down the eastern U.S ... each other for courting and mating. Marine biologists are concerned that this noise--created by ships' engines, oil drilling, and many other sources--could be interfering with their long-distance calls ...
www.oceania.org.au


container ships
The pressure for the use of these enormous ships and the pressure ... Implications The shipping industry is growing and consequently so are the ships. One of the world's largest container ships was recently produced by the Maersk industry named Svendborg Maersk. ...
www.providence.edu


Narragansett Bay
Post Panamax container ships, the biggest cargo ships in the world. This project proposes the construction of the first post-panamax deep water ports on the East coast of North America. In order to accommodate the post panamax ships ... (17% of all incoming cargo), and the accommodation of enormous cranes and ships. Over the past three ...
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Aquatic Non-Native Invasive Species RAP
Once they have unloaded, large cargo ships refill their ballast tanks with the local ... than 250 million tonnes of cargo each year. A growing global economy may mean even more foreign ships docking at Great Lakes ports ... control. The majority of the ships entering the Great Lakes are NOBOB they come in loaded discharge cargo, then load Great Lakes ...
www.on.ec.gc.ca


Global Forest Science - Press Release - Global Forest Unveils International Insect Quarantine Facility in BC
North America and worldwide. These pests easily migrate to new territories via cargo ships. The difficulty in combating them, and controlling the damage their infestations cause, lies in the ...
globalforestscience.org


Global Excellence - Lake Industries
Foods certainly aren't the only offshore sourcing commodity. Cargo ships, consumer aircraft, computer, calculators, cars and cookware have been on the list for years. In ...
lakeindustries.com


State Air Board Votes to Clean Up Ships
Ports are a growing source of deadly diesel pollution. Ships are a primary source of risk for dock workers and residents near ports. CARB ...
coalitionforcleanair.org


California Coastal Commission. The Problem With Marine Debris
In 1975, the National Academy of Sciences estimated that ocean-based sources, such as cargo ships and cruise liners, dumped 14 billion pounds of garbage into the ocean. In 1988, the ...
www.coastal.ca.gov


Coalition for Clean Air - Cargo on the Move
Asthma (LBACA)-would not let it happen. Legislature passes port cargo fee Governor will now decide whether to sign the controversial ... California Progress Report August 18, 2006 This newly completed study, Cargo on the Move Through California: Evaluating Container Fee Impacts on ... no impact" on business and would not divert too many ships away from the local ports. Debating Container Fee for Ports ...
coalitionforcleanair.org




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