In its July 2021 issue, Ship Technology Global published a feature on Eyesea by Frankie Youd, one of the first long form looks at the project from outside the maritime trade press.
Eight hundred ships in six weeks
The article reported that within roughly six weeks of the initial pitch, about 800 ships had volunteered for the project. “There was a huge desire in the industry to actually take a leadership role on pollution,” founder Graeme Somerville-Ryan told the magazine.
It also captured the project’s deliberate stance on anonymity: “We’re not a police force; we don’t want to embarrass ports.” Reports are anonymised so that individual vessels and ports are protected from public blame, keeping the focus on data rather than accusation.
What seafarers were finding
Early reports ranged from ghost nets to a floating drink can photographed 1,025 nautical miles off the coast of Perth, a reminder of how far pollution travels and how few eyes are out there to see it.
Source
- Ship Technology Global, issue 77, July 2021. Feature on the project’s mission, technology, and early trials.
