Environment & Sustainability – Page 168

  • GreenPort Congress 2013 kicks off this week at the Port of Antwerp
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    Antwerp Green Week arrives

    2013-10-07T12:00:00Z

    Mercator Media''s eighth GreenPort Congress kicks off this week at the Port of Antwerp and will mark the release of the port''s second sustainability report.

  • Customers can see the carbon footprint of their shipments within DHL's Public Tracking. Photo: DHL Global Forwarding, Freight
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    DHL tracks emissions

    2013-10-04T15:12:00Z

    DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, has launched an automatic carbon footprint reporting feature to its track and trace system.

  • e-Compliance aims to improve efficiencies in regulation compliance
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    New EU research project

    2013-10-03T14:08:00Z

    A new three year EU research project has been launched to help improve the efficiency of maritime regulations.

  • GDF will use the shuttle re-gasification vessel 'GDF Suez Neptune' as a bridge solution
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    Uruguay LNG FSRU terminal

    2013-10-02T16:41:00Z

    GDF Suez has signed a contract with Gas Sayago and Mitsui OSK Lines for the creation of a new floating LNG storage and re-gasification (FSRU) facility in Uruguay.

  • GDF will use the shuttle re-gasification vessel 'GDF Suez Neptune' as a bridge solution
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    Uruguay LNG FSRU terminal

    2013-10-02T13:27:00Z

    GDF Suez has signed a contract with Gas Sayago and Mitsui OSK Lines for the creation of a new floating LNG storage and re-gasification (FSRU) facility in Uruguay.

  • Box movements continue to get cleaner
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    Clean cargo report

    2013-10-01T13:45:00Z

    The latest Clean Cargo progress report reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from ships have declined by more than 7% between 2011 and 2012.

  • DP World and Cavotec worked together to electrify the RTGs
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    Jebel Ali makes the switch

    2013-10-01T12:05:00Z

    DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port has successfully electrified eight diesel-powered Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes.

  • LEP lighting may save up to 80% in energy consumption
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    Bright lights for ports

    2013-10-01T09:15:00Z

    Energy consumption at ports and terminals can be reduced by up to 80% if light emitting plasma (LEP) is used for high mast applications – says the winner of PortTech LA’s Best Business Model Award.

  • The new study looks at the rise in demand for LNG. Photo: Flickr/lightgraphs
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    New LNG report

    2013-09-27T15:25:00Z

    Ocean Shipping Consultants (OSC) has published a new in-depth study, ‘LNG as a Bunker Fuel: Future Demand Prospects and Port Design Options”, to provide an insight into likely and potential LNG developments.

  • A range of equipment will be used to dredge the Bronka port facility
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    Bronka Port dredging

    2013-09-25T12:50:00Z

    Royal Boskalis Westminster is to dredge and construct the Bronka Port shipping channel in St Petersburg, Russian Federation, as part of a €130m contract.

  • Kishorn Port wants to take advantage of the renewable energy industry Photo: Kishorn Port Ltd
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    Kishorn paves the way for renewables

    2013-09-25T11:44:00Z

    Kishorn Port in the UK has submitted comprehensive plans to develop facilities for the marine renewables industry, built on its previous history in the North Sea oil and gas industry.

  • Noatum is comparing the benefits of LNG tractors to diesel ones in a pilot project in Valencia
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    Pioneering LNG in Valencia

    2013-09-24T17:47:00Z

    The Port of Valencia is piloting the use of LNG powered terminal equipment in a new pilot scheme at Noatum Container Terminal.

  • With the acquisition, Martin Engineering has an even larger toolbox to solve dust management problems
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    Dust suppression acquisition

    2013-09-23T14:52:00Z

    American dust suppression firm Martin Engineering has acquired a Arizona based firm which specialises in dust management for mined minerals.

  • Noatum is comparing the benefits of LNG tractors to diesel ones in a pilot project in Valencia
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    Pioneering LNG in Valencia

    2013-09-23T11:23:00Z

    The Port of Valencia is piloting the use of LNG powered terminal equipment in a new pilot scheme at Noatum Container Terminal.

  • E-One2 RTGs are already cutting fuel costs at the Port of Kiel
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    Kalmar RTGs for Indonesia

    2013-09-19T19:03:00Z

    Kalmar is helping Indonesia’s PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS) clean up its act with six new E-One2 RTGs to be delivered in mid 2014.

  • The new Phoenix EcoMod series can provide operators with energy savings of up to 70%
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    New port floodlight series

    2013-09-18T19:57:00Z

    America’s Phoenix Products Company has launched its latest in innovative port equipment lighting, the EcoMod series.

  • A strategic bunkering alliance has been formed at Antwerp
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    LNG bunkering alliance

    2013-09-17T16:44:00Z

    The Port of Antwerp and the LNG shipper Exmar have formed a strategic alliance to develop LNG bunkering and its required studies.

  • A packed conference room onboard the ‘Viking Grace’ for the fourth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships event
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    Fourth Gas Fuelled Ships conference closes to acclaim

    2013-09-16T17:36:00Z

    The fourth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference concluded on 12 September, and all of the 150-plus attending voted it a great success.

  • Chairman's Welcome
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    GFS footage online

    2013-09-12T18:00:00Z

    If you missed the opportunity to attend the fourth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference 2013, you can now view footage of the Chairman''s welcome address online.

  • Live ship to ship bunkering kicked off the second day of the Gas Fuelled Ships conference
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    LNG bunkering demonstration starts GFS second day

    2013-09-12T14:32:00Z

    The second day of the Motorship gas fuelled ship conference began very early in the morning, as the ‘Viking Grace’ arrived in Stockholm after her overnight passage from Turku.