Environment & Sustainability – Page 68
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NewsElectric RTGs aid modernisation project
A US port operator has taken delivery of five new KoneCranes electric Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes to strengthen operational efficiency and increase overall productivity as part of a modernisation project.
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NewsOptimising the anti fouling process
A simple rule has been identified to allow operators to reduce fuel wastage and emissions caused by a build up of hull fouling.
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NewsEmissions free lithium-ion lift truck launches
The industry’s first sit-down counterbalanced 15,500 to 19,000lb capacity lift truck with integrated 350-volt lithium-ion power has been launched.
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NewsLNG solution for India’s shallow draft ports
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with to bring LNG to a terminal and infrastructure project underway in India’s Bay of Bengal.
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NewsEU financing for LNG projects in Spain
The European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) will allocate around €27m to the launch of two LNG bunkering projects in Spain.
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NewsEU funding for clean air project
The EU will provide €21.9m funding for a project which aims to cut over 90% of the air pollution that cruise liners and ro-ro ships produce at a European port.
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NewsGreener cargo supply to Europe
One European transport and logistic firm has taken a step closer to achieving a supply chain which is faster, greener and more sustainable.
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NewsTackling fuel consumption
A port operator in South America will reduce its environmental impact with two large Liebherr electric rubber tyre gantry (RTG) cranes.
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NewsCongestion-busting scheme pays off
A programme set up to reduce truck traffic and pollution during peak daytime traffic hours and alleviate port congestion has taken 48m truck trips out of daytime Southern California traffic since its inception in July 2005.
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NewsFirst port member for Hydrogen coalition
A global coalition of companies that support the use of hydrogen in the energy transition has gained its first port member.
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NewsSmart diesel-electric dredger for EU ports
An efficient dual-fuel dredger with a lower environmental footprint has gone into service at European ports.
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NewsShort sea shipping project addresses efficiency
An EU-funded research and innovation project seeks to improve the modal split for Short Sea Shipping (SSS) in the European container supply chain.
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NewsJapanese port milestone for gas company
The first cargo of LNG has been shipped from a Russian LNG project to Japan.
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NewsEnvironmentally-friendly bulk handling
Singapore''s Jurong Port is cleaning up its bulk handling operations by introducing more efficient ship unloaders.
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News€11m EU funding for Bio-LNG infrastructure
The EU has allocated €11m in funding for Bio-LNG (BLNG) infrastructure to accelerate the shipping sector''s energy transition.
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NewsRTGs drive down emissions at Turkish port
Zero-emission rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) will help a port in Turkey reduce pollution and noise.
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NewsPorts part of massive US offshore wind drive
Ports are a key part of the largest combined clean energy solicitations ever issued in the US, which seek up to 4,000 megawatts of renewable capacity to combat climate change.
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NewsProposed LNG terminal to serve three US ports
A clean energy solutions company has filed regulatory applications to pave the way for the development of an LNG bunker terminal that would serve the ports of Houston, Texas City and Galveston in the state of Texas, US.
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NewsElectric ferries for Denmark
Five new zero emission passenger ferries are helping to position Copenhagen as a world leader in sustainable public transport.
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NewsOffshore wind development gains pace
An Amsterdam port operator has been joined by a major Swedish energy company developing the largest wind farm off the Dutch coast.
