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KEEP IT BLUE has worked for the past four years on the legal aspect of oil spills,
in cooperation with other European NGOs.
KEEP IT BLUE is
directed by JO LE GUEN, who has twice
rowed the Atlantic Ocean.
The first time from Cape Cod (U.S.A) to Brest (France) in 1995, 103 days,
The second time in 1997, from
Tenerife (Canary Islands) to Barbados (West Indies), 49 days.
JO LE GUEN attempted to row across the South Pacific Ocean from New Zealand to Cape Horn
in 2000
to draw public attention to the problem of ocean pollution.
He was forced to
stop after 60 days due to gangrene. He lost all of his toes.
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KEEP IT BLUE has
undertaken an awareness campaign regarding port reception facilities for ship-generated
waste.
Our purpose is to share information with the public.
We are currently creating a database containing information about the ship waste reception
facilities of 252 leading European ports, and their compliance with Marpol
annexes I-II-III-IV-V, implemented in the European Union by the Directive 2000/59/CE on
the Port Reception Facilities for ship-generated Waste and Cargo Residues.
If we wish to avoid unlawful discharges, it is essential that we try to contribute to the
organization of waste reception in EU ports.
This database will provide a global vision of the current waste management facilities in Europe,
and as a result, we will identify where improvements must be made.
This work is a first step in our project.
Database
We plan to go further in creating another database tracing the waste-discharge history for
each ship calling in European ports.
This will allow us to know what they do with their wastes during their European port
calls.
We hope that our work will help to keep the sea free from pollution.
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KEEP IT BLUE
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