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Counter-pollution
How compliant are discharges of ballast water of: • 1) UK ships, and • 2) any ship within UK waters?
MCA, 2025
Ballast water compliance
UK ships and port state control
Ballast water management convention
Regulatory enforcement (UK waters)
Marine biosecurity risk
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Counter-pollution
How can the discharge of unmanaged ballast water or Ballast Water Exchange be best dynamically risk assessed within UK waters?
MCA, 2025
Ballast water risk assessment
Dynamic risk management
Ballast water exchange
UK water compliance
Marine biosecurity
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Counter-pollution
How effective is the UK’s implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention?
MCA, 2025
Ballast water management convention
UK regulatory implementation
Ballast water compliance
Marine biosecurity
Environmental enforcement
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Counter-pollution
What is the potential impact of nurdle and other plastic pollution on UK shorelines and how can we improve monitoring and clean‑up?
MCA, 2025
Plastic pollution (nurdles)
Shoreline environmental impact
Coastal monitoring techniques
Pollution clean-up methods
Marine environmental protection
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Counter-pollution
What is the potential for the use of chemical herders to aid clean‑up operations on different shoreline types?
MCA, 2025
Chemical herders
Shoreline clean-up techniques
Oil and chemical spill response
Coastal pollution management
Environmental remediation methods
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Counter-pollution
How effective are different chemical dispersants for the clean-up of ammonia, methanol, and other low-carbon fuels?
MCA, 2025
Chemical dipersants
Low-carbon fuels
Ammonia spill response
Methanol spill clean-up
Marine pollution control
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Counter-pollution
What are the environmental and safety implications of an ammonia leak within a port? What facilities and contingency measures need to be put in place to limit these risks alongside other UK regulators?
MCA, 2025
Ammonia leak risk
Port safety management
Environmental impact (ammonia)
Major hazard contingency planning
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Counter-pollution
How can we improve surveillance of pollution at sea? What novel techniques and tools are being developed? How can this be fairly and legally enforced?
MCA, 2025
Marine pollution surveillance
Pollution detection technologies
Remote sensing and monitoring
Maritime enforcement
Environmental compliance at sea
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Counter-pollution
Should a vessel using future fuels or batteries sink, what is the pollution risk and is recovery of the vessel or components justifiable?
MCA, 2025
Future fuels pollution risk
Battery vessel sinking
Wreck recovery assessment
Marine environmental impact
Pollution response justification
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Counter-pollution
What are the safety implications of fluctuations in temperature, pressure, and salinity for the use and storage of alternative fuels on ships? What are the containment requirements needed to safely manage these fluctuations?
MCA, 2025
Alternative fuel safety
Fuel storage conditions
Temperature and pressure control
Marine containment systems
Operational risk management
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Counter-pollution
What are the minimum containment requirements for the safe onboard storage of alternative fuels? And are there any gaps in existing interim guidelines (where available)?
MCA, 2025
Alternative fuel containment
Onboard fuel storage safety
Minimum safety requirements
Interim regulatory guidance
Regulatory gaps and standards
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Counter-pollution
What are safety requirements for a cofferdam around each alternative fuel storage on ships and how could this change?
MCA, 2025
Cofferdam safety requirements
Alternative fuel containment
Onboard fuel storage design
Fire and leakage protection
Regulatory standards
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