Europe – Page 49
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NewsFelixstowe wins green award
The Port of Felixstowe, UK, is celebrating after gaining one award, and being runner-up in a second category at Suffolk County Council’s ‘Creating the greenest county awards 2010’.
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NewsOpening of the Outer Harbour at Great Yarmouth
With a number of customers already signed up before any final landscaping has been added, Great Yarmouth’s new outer harbour at EastPort UK, offers a promising start having just opened in January.
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Harwich and Antwerp promote wind farm developments
At the beginning March Harwich International Port revealed that it had become involved in the Thanet offshore wind farm project. This is the latest in a series of wind farms being built around the UK’s coast. Situated 12km off Foreness Point in Kent, it will eventually consist of a total ...
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NewsMajor air quality improvement for Antwerp port area
Over the past 10 years there has been a significant reduction in pollutants released into the atmosphere around Antwerp harbour. According to the findings of a survey conducted by the large-scale industry work group of Voka, Antwerp-Waasland Chamber of Commerce, among 31 of the largest industrial companies located in the ...
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NewsA wealth of golden opportunities
Intermodal has an important role to play in reducing the environmental impact of freight transport. But a level playing field is needed, writes Peter Wolters deputy secretary-general of the European Intermodal Association
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NewsModal shift: the role of rail
Intermodal services to ports and the introduction of rail shuttles are beneficial to both cargo shippers and transport service providers. Kate Royston reviews recent developments
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NewsSFIF replies to Airclim
Karolina Boholm, Advisor, Transport Policy of Industrial Policy Department, Swedish Forest Industries Federation, responds to the comments by Christer Ågren
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“Lower sulphur levels are cost effective”: Airclim responds to SFIF.
Christer Ågren, Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat (AirClim) responds to the article by Karolina Boholm of the Swedish Forest Industries Federation
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NewsCopenhagen wasn’t so disastrous!
The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference was widely viewed as a political failure. However, Jan Prahm, of TuTech Innovation GmbH, argues a number of positives can be drawn from the event
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NewsMaasvlakte 2 on schedule
The construction of the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 terminal is now under way, in preparation for its opening in 2013. The construction and operation of the terminal is being undertaken within strict environmental criteria
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NewsWhat progress for UK ports?
The regulatory process for ports in the UK is complex and slow, says Peter Barham,* with no clear environmental objectives. Too often, port development is still viewed as unnecessary – and unnecessarily damaging to the environment
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NewsDunkerque launches sustainable development plan
The French port reform of July 2008 gave ports a new role in the area of sustainable development. Dunkerque-Port’s strategic plan, approved on 3 April 2009, forms part of the port’s policy of sustainable development and action; it identifies the various areas of the port, particularly those which affect environmental ...
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NewsGrenland buys Gottwald crane with external power supply
Gottwald Port Technology GmbH has received an order from Grenland Havn for a new Mobile Harbour Crane. This G HMK 4406, a variant of Model 4, is the first of this type to be sold to Norway and can be powered either by the on-board diesel generator or from the ...
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NewsAlgeciras: focus on social reality
One of the seven short-listed ports for the ESPO Societal Integration Award, the Port of Algeciras is not just concerned with urban-planning or landscaping, but also with a wider social reality. GreenPort Journal spoke to the Port’s President, Manuel Morón
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NewsLegal uncertainty hinders Polish port development
Ports in Poland are now applying environmental policy – even though there is often confusion between European and Polish legislation. Kasia Kurek, of Erasmus University, Rotterdam, reviews the environmental initiatives that are being undertaken
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Over 70 GreenLine spreader orders for Bromma
Bromma continues to win major new orders for its all-electric GreenLine spreaders, including very strong demand for its single lift all-electric yard units. Bromma has won orders for nearly 70 GreenLine spreaders during the 4th quarter of 2009 alone.
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NewsBPO discusses new marine fuel regulations
Forty representatives from Baltic ports, shipping lines and maritime administrations gathered on 19 January at a BPO seminar in Copenhagen to share their various opinions on the consequences of IMO’s new marine fuel sulphur regulations.
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NewsNorfolk Southern a top ‘green’ company
Norfolk Southern Corporation’s sustainability initiatives have earned the company recognition as one of 25 green supply chain partners named by Inbound Logistics magazine.
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Dutch go-ahead for Scheldt deepening
Work on deepening the Western Scheldt will start in a few weeks, now that the Council of State in the Netherlands has given the go-ahead. According to Flemish minister of public works Hilde Crevits dredging operations will actually begin on 1 March.
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NewsBringing stones to Rotterdam
The Yeoman Bontrup, the first ship carrying stones for the hard sea defences for Maasvlakte 2, was unloaded in Rotterdam. The stones come from Bremanger (Norway), about 200km north of Bergen. During the coming two years, a ship loaded with around 90,000 tonnes of natural stone will arrive every two ...
