Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters gets under way, amid controversies in the maritime sector.
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After a 14-hour standoff, special forces boarded the ship and rescued the crew.
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A pilot boat spotted the dead whale trapped on the bow of vessel in the Solent.
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A pilot boat spotted the dead whale trapped on the bow of vessel in the Solent.
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The men were stuck at Portland after the ferry, which was en route to west Africa, broke down.
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Southampton cruise ships would be the first in the UK to plug in to the National Grid.
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Roger Harrabin
BBC environment analyst
Ship owners announce plans for a $5bn fund to design zero-emissions vessels.
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The industry putting a set of proposals to its regulator, the International Maritime Organisation, for a $5bn (£3.8bn) fund to research new ways of powering ships.
According to Guy Platten, secretary general at the International Chamber of Shipping, one plan is for shipping companies to pay a compulsory levy for every tonne of fuel which is burnt.
"By changes to an existing convention about marine pollution, we can set up this fund and we can mandate that shipping companies must pay a levy.
"The accepted figure is [that the shipping industry is responsible for about] 2% [of the world's pollution].
"Obviously that is far too much and we've made a real commitment for ourselves to cutting emissions in real terms by 50% for 2050, which in reality means ships will have to get 90% efficiency savings if world trade continues to grow."
He added that research is urgently needed to develop zero-carbon fuels, as they currently do not exist.
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News
The Kuzma Minin ran aground a year ago and is still moored off Falmouth as it is not seaworthy.
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Michael Sheils McNamee
BBC News NI
Hauliers travelling from Liverpool to Dublin had been stuck on a ship about a mile from the coast.
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