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  • The Port network of Rome and Lazio has won the ESPO port of the month award
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    Rome green cruise achievements

    2015-11-03T10:38:00Z

    The Port network of Rome and Lazio has won the ESPO port of the month award for its green cruise and ferry achievements.

  • Patrick Hicks opened this year's GreenPort Cruise conference
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    Making cruising greener

    2015-10-06T17:30:00Z

    This year’s GreenPort Cruise conference, hosted by Copenhagen Malmo Port, kicked off on 6 October with the added addition of a live blog to keep the whole industry abreast of the latest in sustainability.

  • Diesel-electric and battery propulsion combine with advanced waste heat recovery and green hotel systems in Knud E Hansen's latest design
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    Knud E Hansen unveils green cruise concept

    2015-09-30T14:12:00Z

    Naval architecture consultancy Knud E Hansen has designed an expedition cruise vessel that it claims is a showcase for green technologies and new passenger features.

  • Carnival is investing as much as US$400m to design, build and install exhaust gas cleaning systems onboard its vessels
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    Carnival commits to 2020 sustainability goals

    2015-09-22T09:50:00Z

    Carnival Corporation & plc is continuing its commitment to ‘green’ cruising with new sustainability goals that will see it further reduce its carbon footprint and waste through a number of initiatives by 2020.

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    NABU calls for more emission cuts

    2015-09-04T16:10:00Z

    As the global cruise industry continues to grow, and with more stringent emissions regulations set to come in to force, the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) is calling for more shipowners to use environmentally friendly emission abatement techniques.

  • Concerns have been expressed over the LCCP because of the pollution it may create Photo: Enderby Riverside Limited
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    Concerns raised over new cruise port

    2015-08-25T12:46:00Z

    There is concern over a new London cruise terminal given the go ahead by Greenwich council because of the pollution it may create. Those in opposition of the development say that the council is not taking these concerns seriously.

  • GreenTech Group says the Cayman SkyBridge will not “destroy the reefs through massive dredging". Photo: GreenTech Group
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    SkyBridge to upgrade Cayman cruising

    2015-08-25T10:30:00Z

    The GreenTech Group has submitted plans to upgrade the Cayman Islands’ cruise berthing facilities to include an environmentally-friendly ‘SkyBridge’ helping to protect the Caribbean reefs.

  • A range of different environmental laws and regulations affect how the port operates today Photo: Robin Strand, Norphoto AS
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    A sustainable focus

    2015-08-06T14:18:00Z

    As with most ports, Port of Bergen has during the last few years shifted its focus from being a mere port operator and landowner towards being an organisation with a sustainable focus, writes Even Husby, environmental advisor to Port of Bergen.

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    Hamburg cruise pilot

    2015-07-22T10:53:00Z

    Hamburg’s new €64 million Steinwerder Cruise Centre (CC3) is off to a flying start handling nearly 60,000 passengers and 11 ships in its first month of operation.

  • Further investment is needed to ensure cruising remains 'green' and the environment is protected. Photo: Alfon34
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    Cruising’s green agenda

    2015-02-24T11:16:00Z

    Cruise operators have done a lot of work over the years to reduce emissions and waste, but ongoing investment is required to ensure the industry remains ‘green’, the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) told ‘GreenPort’.

  • Sharing vision and strategy at this year's Greenport Cruise conference
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    Sharing vision and strategy

    2014-10-14T16:25:00Z

    The second GreenPort Cruise conference kicked off this week highlighting the latest environmental and sustainability issues facing global cruise terminals.

  • Shippers at the moment are relying more heavily upon other technologies such as scrubber technology
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    Ensuring future environmental measures

    2014-09-16T14:35:00Z

    The cruise industry says that it wants to ensure future environmental measures are simple to administer, cost-effective and proportionate, things that are crucial to effective greening of the cruise industry, writes Anne-Marie Causer, GreenPort News Editor.

  • Costa Pacifica (© Costa Cruises)
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    Turning waste on board into a resource

    2013-11-19T20:30:00Z

    “Sustainable Cruise”, the European project for innovative shipboard waste management is paving the way for the introduction of specific EU environmental legislation for shipping. Its aim is to set up a new voluntary certification scheme for shipboard waste treatment and its effects in terms of CO2 reduction.

  • Cruise ship traffic in the Venice lagoon near Piazza San Marco will be banned. Photo: Janmad
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    Italy to ban cruise ships from tourist hotspot

    2013-11-12T15:36:00Z

    The Italian government is to ban large cruise ships of more than 96,000 gross tonnes from the historic Venice lagoon in a bid to protect the area.

  • AIDA Cruise Ship
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    Green cruise development in the North Sea Region

    2012-02-14T15:46:00Z

    ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS POSE the biggest challenge for the cruise sector today. Cruise ports must ensure they have the required reception facilities and can equip themselves to support a shoreside supply of LNG.

  • The solution of carbon neutralisation  for cruising passengers
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    Meeting customer concerns over greenhouse emissions

    2012-01-24T12:14:00Z

    Cruising continues to be attractive for consumers with the European markets having experienced a year on year increase of passenger numbers for many years.

  • Seb Doderer: “Promoting the North Sea Region while ensuring it will represent a beacon for sustainable cruise”
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    North Sea sustainability: New area, new responsibility

    2011-01-05T10:00:00Z

    High growth rates in European cruise tourism have been recorded in particular for the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas – but the North Sea Region has so far not been recognised as a major cruise destination in its own right. However, this is something that is about to change.

  • Cruise Gateway’s partners - some large, some small
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    Variety is key

    2010-11-28T13:25:00Z

    Cruise Gateway’s partners include some heavy-hitting partners from the sector – such as Kiel, Rotterdam, Bremen, Hamburg and Harwich. But they also include ports such as Esbjerg and Aberdeen, who are starting to build steadily on the advantages they offer the cruise sector.

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    Harbour Masters Committee launch “The Chain” video

    2009-11-04T16:47:00Z

    GreenPort 2010 will be the first event where the video production “The Chain” is shown to a large audience. Through “The Chain”, the European Harbour Masters’ Committee are aiming to create awareness of the effects of individual operations on the nautical chain, and of the importance of sharing information and ...