Port Authorities

Port disease measures launched

22 May 2012

Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill MLA has launched new Vehicle Disinfection Units at Belfast Port: She is pictured at the launch with (l-r - front) Helen de Geus from DAFF, Jim Arnott - Stenaline, Conor Mallon - Rivers Agency; (back -l-r) Bert Houston - Chief Veterinary Officer DARD and Jonathan Guy - Chief Portal Inspector DARD.

Port looking to work around hundreds of nesting least terns

22 May 2012

GULFPORT — Hundreds of least terns are nesting on the state port’s West Pier in Gulfport.

Pollution-hunting robot fish take to the sea

22 May 2012

LONDON (Reuters) - Robot "fish" developed by European scientists to improve pollution monitoring moved from the lab to the sea in a test at the northern Spanish port of Gijon on Tuesday. The developers hope the new technology, which reduces the time it takes to detect a pollutant from weeks to seconds, will sell to port authorities, water companies, aquariums and anyone with an interest in ...