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As part of continuous efforts to promote safe maritime operations in Ghana’s waters, the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has assisted the Ghana Petroleum Mooring System (GPMS) to conduct an oil spill response drill. The drill, which is expected to be done periodically, is to augment the state of readiness of GPMS to contain and salvage any oil spills that may occur offshore during the handling of petroleum cargo that arrive in the country. The petroleum company after the procurement of some oil containment equipment such as the troilboom, oil skimmer and a recovery tank relied on the col...

GGF advises caution as lockdown eases As lockdown restrictions continue to ease around the UK, the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) advises all companies to be cautious and still adhere to the GGF and Government’s guidance to make sure that employees and customer stay safe. On 12th April, the Government guidance was updated to state that all retail (including showrooms, garden centres and concession stores) in England is now permitted to open. Wales and Scotland re-opened showrooms earlier in April and in Northern Ireland retail is expected to re-open by the end of April. In the Republic ...

Share this article CHICAGO, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  ShipBob, the leading global cloud-based logistics platform for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced it is going 100% carbon-neutral as part of a partnership and integration with Pachama, a data-driven carbon marketplace providing verified forest carbon offsets to improve carbon markets and restore forests. As a new customer of Pachama's itself, ShipBob is now a carbon-neutral fulfillment company, offsetting its own carbon footprint, even retroactively, for its headquarters in Chicago and across its entire global fulf...

The Environment Agency clamping down on waste carriers in Bexley. The Environment Agency have disclosed details of a crackdown on illegal waste disposal in Bexley which resulted in four penalty notices and one vehicle being seized. The operation say officers pulling over vehicles to check they were registered as waste carriers, clamping down on those disposal without proper authorisation. The operation was run by Environment Agency officers working with Bexley Council, Met Police, Openreach and the Joint Unit for Waste Crime. The Agency and its partners stopped 22 waste-carrying vehic...

A Dudley school’s sensory garden is set to flourish even more, thanks to a biodiversity grant. Thorns Primary in Quarry Bank boasts a fantastic garden completed last June, but now it plans to introduce rainwater ‘harvesting’, and enhance habitats by introducing lavender, fruit trees and bird boxes. Thorns is sharing in a £22,000 grant being handed to four schools and eight community groups or charities across the West Midlands by South Staffs Water, all for biodiversity projects. It is part of the 2020/21 PEBBLE fund to encourage and enhance biodiversity in almost three hecta...