Tag: Atlantic Ocean

Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 14:00 UTC
All set for Montevideo to become Bolivia's access to the Atlantic Ocean

Two riverboat shipping companies are interested in carrying cargo from Bolivia through the Paraná-Paraguay waterway to the port of Montevideo, Uruguay's National Ports Administration (ANP) president, Alberto Díaz, said Wednesday.
Monday, October 15th 2018 - 08:29 UTC
East Falkland, among most plastic contaminated shores in South Atlantic Islands

The amount of plastic washing up onto the shores of remote South Atlantic islands is ten times greater than it was a decade ago, according to new research published in the journal Current Biology. Scientists investigating plastics in seas surrounding the remote British Overseas Territories, including East Falkland, discovered they are invading these unique biologically-rich regions. This includes areas that are established or proposed Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Monday, September 10th 2018 - 08:30 UTC
Pro and anti-whaling nations clash in Brazil; renewed attempt to create a South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary

Pro and anti-whaling nations are set for a showdown when the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meets in Brazil from Monday as Japan leads an assault on a three-decade old moratorium on commercial whale hunting. Tokyo heads into the biennial meeting as chair of the 88-nation body determined to shake-up what it says is a dysfunctional organization mired in dispute and unable to make key decisions.
Wednesday, February 24th 2016 - 06:05 UTC
Homicide charges for seven top officials linked to Brazil's worst mining accident

Brazilian authorities have charged the president of mining company Samarco and six others with homicide for the mining disaster that killed 19 people last November. Police in Minas Gerais State have asked for Ricardo Vescovi, along with five other Samarco executives and one contractor to be arrested.
Wednesday, February 24th 2016 - 05:53 UTC
Huge fireball plunged through the atmosphere into the Atlantic, off Brazil coast

The biggest fireball since the Chelyabinsk explosion has plunged through the atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean. The event, which has only just come to light, occurred off the coast of Brazil at 13:55 GMT on 6 February.
Tuesday, January 5th 2016 - 08:12 UTC
Ascension Island to become a marine reserve as big as the UK, in 2017

The British Overseas Territory of Ascension Island is set to become a marine reserve almost as big as the UK, the British government has announced. Using a £300,000 grant from the Bacon Foundation, the UK government will close 52.6% of the south Atlantic island's waters to fishing. In the rest of the waters there will be a monitored tuna fishery.
Wednesday, August 20th 2014 - 00:15 UTC
UN accepts extension of Uruguay's continental shelf to 350 miles; first in South America

The United Nations accepted the proposition of the Uruguayan government to extend the Uruguayan territorial seabed from 200 to 350 miles. Uruguay thus becomes the first South American nation to receive the approval of the UN for such request.
Wednesday, May 8th 2013 - 09:08 UTC
“Possible submerged continent” found in the Atlantic off the coast of Brazil

A large mass of granite has been found on the seabed off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, suggesting that a continent may have existed in the Atlantic Ocean, a Japanese agency and the Brazilian government announced this week.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 23:37 UTC
Brazil purchases high-tech oceanographic research vessel

The Brazilian government announced on Monday that it will invest 162 million Reais (81 million dollars) in the purchase of a high-tech oceanography research vessel.
Friday, June 29th 2012 - 03:00 UTC
Uruguay’s project for a deepwater port on the Atlantic takes off

Uruguay’s government is going forward with plans to build its first deepwater port along the Atlantic coastline in a place called “La Angostura”, an investment estimated in over 700 million dollars and which it wants to use as a platform to begin exporting iron-ore to China.