Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) organized an international seminar on the oil spill and its response mechanism.
Conservationists, marine experts, and officials of the Pakistan Navy participated in this seminar to discuss issues related to marine water pollution and what preventive measures should be taken to keep ports and the sea clean.
The speakers stated that seawater along the Karachi coast had become seriously polluted because of the oil spills from the ships and the sewage and industrial waste pouring into the sea, causing severe threats to marine life.
“78 percent of the total sewage produced in Karachi is poured into the sea untreated besides oil spill from ships, making 60 percent of the marine life suffer seriously in recent years,” said an expert.
Mavi Deniz is the only foreign speaker at the event. Emre Altuntop from Mavi Deniz, Yahiya Usmani from Marine Academy, Shahid Lutfi, and Muhammad Moazzam Khan gave an awareness briefing and answered the audience’s questions.