Insight & Opinion – Page 4

  • News

    Climate change given the cold shoulder

    2016-12-01T12:32:00Z

    There was mixed emotions from the UK renewables and transport sectors to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement and the distinct lack of emphasis on climate change.

  • GreenPort Cruise and Congress, Venice, 11 to 14 October 2016
    News

    Live Blog: GreenPort Congress Day 2

    2016-10-13T06:23:00Z

    Don’t miss the live blog from day two of the GreenPort Congress which kicks off today in Venice.

  • GreenPort Cruise and Congress, Venice, 11 to 14 October 2016
    News

    Live Blog: GreenPort Congress Day 1

    2016-10-12T05:24:00Z

    Don’t miss the live blog from day one of the GreenPort Congress which kicks off today in Venice.

  • GreenPort Cruise and Congress, Venice, 11 to 14 October 2016
    News

    Live Blog: GreenPort Cruise

    2016-10-11T00:57:00Z

    Don’t miss the live blog from the GreenPort Cruise and Congress conference which kicks off today in Venice. Today''s blog will come live from the Greenport Cruise conference.

  • GreenPort Cruise and Congress, Venice, 11 to 14 October 2016
    News

    GreenPort LIVE: Cruise and Congress 2016

    2016-09-20T15:06:00Z

    Welcome to the live blog from GreenPort Cruise and Congress 2016, offering up-to-the-minute coverage from this year''s event, held from 11 to 14 October in Venice.

  • GreenPort Cruise and Congress, Venice, 11 to 14 October 2016
    News

    Live Blog: GreenPort Cruise and Congress 2016

    2016-09-20T14:57:00Z

    Don’t miss the live blog from the GreenPort Cruise and Congress conference which will take place in Venice from 11 to 14 October 2016.

  • Lars Meurling
    News

    PEMA highlights shore connection technologies

    2016-09-19T17:19:00Z

    The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association, (PEMA) – the global forum for port equipment sector – recently published an information paper on regulatory developments and best practice associated with shore power technologies for ships, reflecting the growing use of shore power in ports amid stricter regulatory requirements on emissions, writes Lars ...

  • News

    Would an EU Brexit be bad for the environment?

    2016-05-12T12:56:00Z

    An IEMA survey of environment and sustainability professionals shows that the majority of participants believe the UK has benefited from EU environment and climate policy.

  • Loréne Grandidier
    News

    An increasingly influencial voice

    2015-11-24T12:22:00Z

    With its membership now at nearly 90-strong, the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association, (PEMA), is an increasingly important forum and public voice for the global ports and terminals sectors, says Lars Meurling, PEMA’s Safety & Environment Committee Chair and Vice Chair, Loréne Grandidier.

  • Unsurprisingly pioneering ports have focused on reducing pollutants and improving the local air quality
    News

    Incentivising cleaner shipping

    2015-08-04T15:03:00Z

    Ports are ideally placed to advance cleaner, more profitable shipping, writes Victoria Stulgis, Senior Associate Shipping, Carbon War Room.

  • Hamburg experienced around 24% more calls by containerships with slot capacities of over 10,000 teu in 2014 than in the previous year
    News

    Hamburg calls for infrastructure action

    2015-02-16T15:49:00Z

    The Port of Hamburg says that a 50% rise in seaport-hinterland traffic will shape the growth in freight traffic for Germany, but it warns that the country’s ports must rate top priority in the new Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan in order to keep up with it.

  • Chris Welsh: “The drive is led by customers who are calling for greater transparency in carbon emissions data to benchmark the energy efficiency of carriers so that they can take appropriate interventions”
    News

    Getting better with transparency

    2014-11-06T16:12:00Z

    The secretary of the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) has outlined the need for transparency of carbon emissions so that shippers can identify and act on their own carbon footprints.

  • The most effective method for measuring emissions is in-situ monitoring using a continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS)
    News

    ECA compliance through continuous emission monitoring

    2014-09-23T14:15:00Z

    In just a matter of months, shipowners operating in emissions control areas (ECAs) will have only three choices to comply with mandatory 0.1% sulphur levels; burn marine distillates, switch to liquefied natural gas; or install abatement technology such as scrubbers, says Chris Daw, Managing Director, Procal, part of Parker Group.

  • “Encouraging only the cleanest and most efficient vessels into ports reduces the port’s own pollution levels over time, and demonstrates to local stakeholders that the port is being proactive in taking steps to increase its sustainability,” Carb...
    News

    Incentivising efficient vessels in ports

    2014-01-21T19:30:00Z

    Rewarding efforts that stretch beyond ‘environmental compliance’ is by no means a new concept for ports, and this is becoming increasingly popular as the industry looks to commercialise emissions reduction and tangibly demonstrate the link between sustainability and operational efficiency, says Peter Boyd, COO, Carbon War Room.

  • LNG: costs are still rising, according to Drewry
    News

    Drewry warning over rising LNG costs

    2013-01-24T18:16:00Z

    Drewry, specialist advisory organisation for the maritime sector, has warned that although LNG freight rates strengthened in December, the agony of the second half of 2012 with regards to the rising cost of LNG is set to continue.

  • "Although road and railway connections get congested, there is still a lot of transport capacity on the European seas and inland waterways" said Mr van Dalen
    News

    Maritime, Intermodal Transport: the future of Europeam Transport

    2011-12-16T11:00:00Z

    IN THE LAST FEW years intermodal transport has become the cornerstone of the European transport policy.

  • “Ports need to be looking at developing logistics chains and networks that support inter-modality to stay ahead of the game,” explains Isobel Roberts
    News

    Practical questions, practical answers

    2011-02-02T08:30:00Z

    Squeezed between sustainability and budget issues, environmental managers need all the help they can get, something that two coming events aim to provide

  • The ports of Los Angeles & Long beach have acted as "game changers"
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    Under pressure

    2010-12-13T14:02:00Z

    Ports are under increasing pressure to be green, but what are the real drivers – Cost? Image? Technology? Regulation? Felicity Landon reports.

  • Stevie Knight - GreenPort editor
    News

    First words....

    2010-12-03T16:08:00Z

    Welcome to the re-launched GreenPort magazine, and congratulations... because picking up a magazine that aims to tackle both environmental issues and business is, after all, an act of faith that there''s more than tension between the two subjects.

  • Henrik Kristensen: “Environmental performance...is protecting the brand and making you an attractive employer”
    News

    The ‘good lessons’

    2010-12-03T10:15:00Z

    APM Terminals, which is focusing strongly on emerging markets, says it is taking the “good lessons” it has learned from its environmental programme to concessions in China, India and Brazil.