THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — After a series of setbacks, a system for catching plastic floating in the Pacific ... an underwater parachute anchor to slow the boom so it catches quicker moving ...

(Image: BW Ideol) A fleet of newbuild specialized anchor handlers will be required to help build up the emerging floating offshore ... that funded the newbuilding boom took significant impairments ...

Boyan Slat, a university dropout who founded The Ocean Cleanup nonprofit, announced that the floating boom is ... an underwater parachute anchor to slow the boom so it catches quicker moving ...

The floating boom travels along ocean currents at the same speed of floating plastic, while a surface anchor slows the boom down to allow it to catch plastic The boom is being deployed at the ...

"Boom is effective about 50 percent of the time, under the best of conditions," Butler said. Butler added that spill response teams try to make the most of the floating barrier -- angling it to ...

Boyan Slat, a university dropout who founded The Ocean Cleanup nonprofit, announced that the floating boom is ... an underwater parachute anchor to slow the boom so it catches quicker moving ...