Environment & Sustainability – Page 91
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NewsDecember deadline for air quality strategy
The UK Government has said it will publish guidelines to advise ports on how to develop effective and targeted Air Quality Strategies by spring, with ports required to have their own strategies by the end of the year.
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NewsICTSI invests in eco-friendly RTGs
International Container Terminal Services’ (ICTSI) Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) is improving its environmental footprint and efficiency with new hybrid rubber-tired gantries (RTGs) featuring batteries and smaller than average diesel engines.
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NewsFirst JAXPORT bunkering for Crowley ship
Eagle LNG’s Talleyrand LNG Bunker Station at the Port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT) has bunkered Crowley’s newest ConRo ship ''Taino'' for the first time, for its maiden voyage from JAXPort to Puerto Rico.
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NewsSeattle expands its shore power
Port of Seattle commissioners have approved a funding plan to bring shore power to the port’s current cruise berth at Pier 66, provide shore power at the cargo-handling Terminal 5 and support research and development to further electrify the Seattle waterfront.
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NewsOslo cuts emissions with shore power facility
The Port of Oslo has opened a new shore power facility enabling ferries operated by DFDS and Stena Line to lower their emissions by connecting to power while at berth at the port and further promote development of green technology.
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NewsGladstone exports over 20m tonnes of LNG
LNG exports from Australia’s Port of Gladstone totalled 20.58 million tonnes in 2018, the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has said.
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NewsProject tests methanol emissions
A project to evaluate methanol as a marine fuel in Asia will involve the installation of a methanol-powered engine in a vessel to test its fuel efficiency and low emission viability at the Port of Singapore.
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NewsEU bodies agree on port waste facilities
Representatives from the Presidency of the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission have reached a provisional agreement on the proposal for the new EU directive on port reception facilities.
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NewsFRSU planned at German port
Uniper SE and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd will build a FSRU (Floating Storage and Regasification Unit) at Uniper’s Port of Wilhelmshaven site, which could be in operation as early as the second half of 2022.
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NewsAudit tool helping LNG bunkering quality
The Port of Rotterdam has estimated that by 2020 it will have granted nine licenses to LNG bunker providers to operate onsite with the help of the IAPH LNG bunkering audit tool.
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NewsSOHAR operator to ban non-reusable plastic
The Tristar Group has committed to ban non-reusable plastic materials in its shipping operations at SOHAR Port and Freezone, commencing 2019.
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NewsLNG powers new cruise liner
Cruise company, Carnival Corporation, has welcomed AIDA Cruises’ new liner, said to be the world’s first cruise vessel powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) both at sea and in port.
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NewsHullWiper to help keep Mauritian hulls clean
UAE-based HullWiper is hoping to promote the benefits of its hull cleaning remotely operating vehicle (ROV) to the Mauritian maritime community in support of Mauritius Ports Authority’s (MPA) ‘Green Port Concept’.
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NewsVerifavia announces cooperation agreements
Emissions verification company, Verifavia, has announced eight new cooperation agreements with recognised organisations (ROs), supporting International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) regulations.
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NewsVacuum power moves people around port
Port logistics company, Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) have joined forces to produce a high speed container transport system at the Port of Hamburg.
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NewsNew Australian LNG FSRU import terminal
EPIK Co. Ltd. will commence preliminary works on a proposed LNG floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) import terminal at the Port of Newcastle, Australia.
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NewsFirst LNG bunkering at Swedegas Gothenburg
Terntank’s ‘Tern Sea’ tanker has become the first vessel to be bunkered with LNG and liquefied biogas (LBG) at a new Port of Gothenburg-based Swedegas bunkering facility opened to help the shipping sector move to cleaner emissions.
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NewsAPI added to environmental data solution
OceanWise has improved the integration of its environmental data storage and publishing solution ‘Port-Log’ by adding an Application Programming Interface (API).
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NewsCruise not to blame for NO2, finds study
Air quality monitors used at the Port of Kiel to measure emissions of nitrous oxides (NOx) and fine particulate matter (PM) around its cruise ship terminal have shown that cruise ships are not responsible for high levels of NO2.
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NewsCollaboration brings LNG trucks to Rotterdam
Containerships has signed a collaboration agreement with Don Trucking which guarantees 15 new LNG-fuelled trucks for Containerships’ land operations in the Port of Rotterdam.
