NGOs Urge Slower Ship Speeds to Reduce Noise and Air Pollution

摘要

Reducing ship speed 20 percent would reduce underwater noise by 66 percent, and the chance of a fatal collision with a whale by 78 percent, according to a study commissioned by the Brussels-based environmental organizations Seas at Risk (SAR) and Transport and Environment (T&E). "Both noise and whale strikes are having a serious impact on the health of the marine environment."