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The paper will provide an overview of platforms and their impact in the context of climate change on the seas and oceans. It discusses the types of platforms, and the technologies used to improve performance in the face of severe weather and sea level rise. The proposed work emphasizes the importance of integrating innovative solutions to improve the offshore industry. Analysis conducted so far highlight different types of platforms, classified according to their specific use and structural characteristics, highli...

It is well known that more than 80% of globally traded goods are conveyed by maritime means of transportation. The shipping activities cannot be performed without emitting harmful gases and particles. The Black Sea basin has a consistent shipping activity accompanied by air emissions. The said basin also complicates the pollution with hydrocarbons or litter point of view, air emissions placing an additional burden on the Black Sea basin environment. We assessed the quantity of the main harmful components of the em...

In the international context of air pollution, the issue of air emissions is treated with various measure in different geographical areas in the world. Due to this necessity, international stakeholders were taking sets of regulations to reduce the effects of air emissions resulted from shipping activities. In Black Sea, because of geopolitical context, such measures have not yet been taken into account. The Black Sea area represents an important pole in the Eastern European trade and is reflected in the transit of...