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Now playing Next World News Euroviews. An innovation fund could be the best way to cut maritime carbon emissions ǀ View At the International Chamber of Shipping, we recognise that we have to act, and that’s why, in December, we took steps to play our part in addressing the climate crisis. We submitted a proposal for a research and development (R&D) fund, the likes of which have never been seen before. 25/02/2020
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Now playing Next Canada Return to sender: 69 containers carrying mislabeled waste returned to Canada from the Philippines Rubbish, labeled as plastic recyclables, was stranded in the Philippines for years. The 69 containers arrived in Vancouver to be incinerated this week. The move ends a dispute which started in 2013 that sparked a diplomatic row between Ottawa and Manila. 30/06/2019
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Now playing Next Brazil Porsche sports cars among destroyed cargo of sunken Grande America They included some of the exclusive 911 GT2 RS models, which were on their way to customers in Brazil when the accident happened. 19/03/2019
Now playing Next Italy Two tonnes of cocaine seized in huge Italian narcotics bust It's the largest registered find of narcotics in Italy in 25 years with Italy, Spain, Colombia and United Kingdom authorities working together. 31/01/2019
Now playing Next Greece Greece exhumes decades-old ship graveyard amid environmental fears Dozens of abandoned ships have laid dormant near Greece's major port of Piraeus for decades. Now Greek authorities want to drag the rusting giants back up from the depths. 16/01/2019
Now playing Next No Comment Shore clean-up in Netherlands after container spill People in the Netherlands searched the coast for goods from 30 containers that washed up in the area after a large cargo vessel lost around 270 of its containers at sea 03/01/2019
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