2013 KIMO UK NEWS

Scotland's fishermen have removed more than 600 tonnes of rubbish from our seas. 4th April 2013

Fishing vessels in Scotland have voluntarily removed more than 600 hundred tonnes of marine litter from Scotland’s seas and landed it in participating ports, the equivalent of bringing more than 35 million empty drink cans ashore. Read press release here ......................

Mixed Response to News on Emergency Towing Vessels - 18 February 2013

KIMO UK is exceptionally disappointed with the UK government after the Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) based in the Minches was removed from service over the weekend but welcomes the news that the last of the four tugs provided by the UK government, based in the Northern Isles, is to remain in service until the end of the month.  Read press release here

2011 KIMO UK NEWS

Derelict Fishing Gear in the Marine Environment 

Zero Waste Scotland, in partnership with KIMO UK, Waste Free Oceans and Plastics Europe is hosting a free one-day even focused on the issue of derelict fishing gear and the impact it has on the Scottish Fishing industry and the marine environment. Mr Tom Piper, KIMO UK Coordinator will be giving a presentation on the economic impact of marine litter and the issue of end of life fishing gear in Scottish waters. For further details of this event which is being held on the 9th February 2012, in Edinburgh - click here

KIMO furious with Shipping Minister Mike Penning - 27 September 2011

KIMO UK are furious that Stornoway has been removed from station while on government contract for a refit, only a few short weeks ago the Minister, Mike Penning, was suggesting that the tug in the Minches may have its contract extended for a few months. 

Read press release here

Local authorities disgusted at the governments continued determination to remove Emergency Towing Vessels  - 16 September 2011

June 2010

The Second Annual KIMO UK Conference was held in Inverness on the 18th of June 2010. The conference examined the impacts of pollution from shipping and discuss methods of reducing it. Presentations at the conference will focus on topics such as marine litter, air pollution and The Clean Shipping Project. The presentations which were given at the event can be downloaded below:

• Sara Sköld, The Clean Shipping Project: A project that increases focus on the environmental issues of shipping and that has developed the Clean Shipping Index 

• John Young, Hamworthy Krystallon Ltd: Adapting to new environmental economics. Air pollution from ships and solutions such as exhaust gas cleaning

• Roy Pedersen, Pedersen Consulting: Ferries, Good and Bad Practice 

• Robert Ashdown, Chamber of Shipping: An overview of existing and forthcoming environmental legislation governing international shipping 

• Tom Piper, KIMO UK: Shipping and Waste Management. Why does litter from ships still wash up on our shores?

2009 KIMO UK NEWS

July 2009

The next KIMO UK Business meetings will be held in the COSLA Building in Edinburgh on the 11th September and 4th December 2009 at 1300-1500. The meeting will take place in the Saltire Room, COSLA, Rosebery House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5XZ. A full agenda will be posted in due course.

The aforementioned KIMO Conference discussing the impact of lost containers on coastlines was recently held in Aberdeen. The presentations which were given at the event can be downloaded 

below:

• Captain Nigel Mills (Director of Harbours) - Scapa Flow Port Operations 

• Colin Mulvana - Deputy to the SOSREP

• John Mouat (KIMO Secretariat) - Non-Toxic Pollution and Lost Containers

• Richard Horne (Emergency Planning Manager - Response to the Napoli) - The Local Authority Story

• Tony Morris (Chair - Oil Pollution Professional Working Group) - Legislation, plans and guidance - are they adequate?  

UK Coordinator, Mr Tom Piper announces that the inaugural KIMO Conference will be held in Aberdeen on 5th June 2009. The conference will be entitled 'The Grounding of the MSC Napoli: Lessons to be learnt'. The 1-day event will aim to examine the grounding of the MSC Napoli and identify lessons that local authorities can implement when planning a response to a similar incident in their own back yard. Read the accompanying promotional flyer here.   

2008 KIMO UK NEWS

December 2008 

KIMO United Kingdom's highly successful marine environmental initiative, Fishing for Litter, has now been relaunched. The scheme will now run until 2011 after sponsors confirmed their support. Fishing for Litter 2008 -  2011 was officially launched on December 10th 2008 at the Scottish Parliament by Mr Richard Lochhead MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment. 

Following the successful expansion of the Fishing for Litter initiative to all of Scotland's designated landing ports, the project's organisers, KIMO UK launched the project in the South West of England. For the South-West project, KIMO is working in collaboration with Seafood Cornwall Training Ltd. The project was launched on 13th March 2009. For further information on the harbours to be involved and the strategic objectives of the SW project, click here.  

September 2008