Move to check ships' effect on environment

PUBLISHED : Friday, 07 April, 1995, 12:00am

UPDATED : Friday, 07 April, 1995, 12:00am

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The Braer incident in 1993 (above) caused a large-scale oil spill, but emissions resulting from ship operations cause greater environmental damage. Det Norske Veritas is in the process of developing a new system which expresses numerically how environmentally-friendly a ship is.

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