Environment & Sustainability – Page 195
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Three new PEMA members
Global cabling systems group, Nexans, control systems specialist, Advanced Microwave Engineering (AME) and sensor solutions producer SICK, are to become members of the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA), in a move that further builds on the association’s work to improve efficiencies in the ports sector.
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NewsHarbour masters in ‘the Chain’
In today’s maritime world, the role of the Harbour Master is critical not just for the effi cient docking and handling of vessels, but also in protecting the port environment, writes Ingrid Römers, Secretary of the European Harbour Masters’ Committee
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LA to assess fuel-cell trucks
Port of Los Angeles is vying with neighbouring Long Beach in implementing a series of initiatives aimed at improving the port’s environmental performance. The port is entering into negotiations with Los Angeles based Vision Industries for the purchase and evaluation of Vision’s hydrogen fuel cell hybrid electric trucks.
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NewsHarbour noise and marine life
Underwater noise in harbours is potentially damaging to marine mammals and fish. Increasingly, scientists are researching and publishing data on the impacts of various sources of underwater noise on different species. Eelco Leemans and Annemarie Kats of the North Sea Foundation explain
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NewsA vision for Greenport operations
DNV Climate Change Services North America explores the growing pressure on ports to balance emission reductions initiatives with the need to maintain commercially competitive facilities and operating conditions
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DPW announces environment award winners
Global terminal operator DP World has announced the winners of its 2009 Safety and Environment Awards for Excellence. “This year we received a total of 69 submissions; the variety of risks being tackled clearly demonstrating that there is a lot of effort being made to improve safety and environmental performance ...
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Growing Emissions Will Cost Transport Sector
Transport companies can gain competitive advantage by adding sustainable solutions and capabilities to their services as volume returns to the market, says Erik Van Baaren, senior transport industry analyst at independent business analyst, Datamonitor.
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Benchmarks of sustainability: progress in Environmental Management Systems
Herman Journee and Chris Wooldridge of the EcoPorts Foundation* review the progress the organisation has made in developing Environmental Management Systems (EMS) for ports and explain the Foundation’s tools and methodologies
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NewsOwners turn their attention to ‘Greener Tugs’
It’s just a year since the world’s first true ‘Hybrid’ tug entered service with Foss Maritime in the USA. This important milestone created considerable interest in the towage industry and occurred at a time when the industry was experiencing a period of almost frantic growth in the numbers of new ...
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NewsReducing shipping’s CO2 emissions
Although the level of emissions of CO2 by the shipping industry is largely determined by world trade, multilateral collaborative action is needed to ensure signifi cant reductions. Simon Bennett, Secretary of the International Chamber of Shipping*, explains how this might be achieved
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NewsGreening container logistics in seaports
Port Feeder Barge is a self-propelled container pontoon, equipped with its own container crane, which will contribute to carbon reduction in ports
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NewsNew challenges in applying environmental directives
Roger Morris of Bright Angel Coastal Consultants* talks of some of the new challenges for the application of environmental directives which must be overcome in order to enable a high level environmental performance Since its introduction in 1992, the EC Habitats Directive has challenged everyone from port managers to environmental ...
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NewsSmall scale hydropower: an alternative power option for ports?
Renewable energy technology, such as hydropower, can provide non-polluting alternatives to reduce emissions caused by fossil or nuclear fuels. Due to their location, ports could use tidal and wave power for meeting some energy requirements*
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EFFORTS demonstration in Le Havre
The EFFORTS Demonstration Event on Clean Energy Management, on Water Quality and on Air Quality in Le Havre drew a large and interested audience
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NewsMaking EFFORTS to be good neighbours
The EFFORTS research project is intended to permit ports to strengthen their role as environmental protagonists and to improve trust of near-by residents
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NewsCan ports be ‘green’ in a recession?
At the Royal Haskoning Green Ports Conference in mid-October, port authorities, terminal operators and environmental managers met to discuss whether ports can maintain their environmental strategies in the current recession. Millie Clive-Smith reports.
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NewsGreening ports through Carbon Management
Jonathan Shopley, Managing Director, The Carbon Neutral Company assesses how the ports and maritime sectors can react to reduce their carbon emissions
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NewsManaging port vessel traffic using earth observation technology
ABPmer and BMT ARGOSS are working on a European Space Agency-funded project to provide earth observation-based monitoring services to support Vessel Traffic Management systems
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NewsSustainable resource management
Kate Royston is leading a practical research project to understand how port estate areas could benefit from closer co-operation between their businesses
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NewsEmission assessment using auto-ID
Transponder technology is being used to assess emissions by seagoing vessels in the Rotterdam area. Rinkje Molenaar1, Kees van der Tak2 and Jan Hulskotte3 explain how the technology works
