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NewsESPO 2014 Conference: registrations are open!
On 15 and 16 May, ESPO is holding the 11th edition of its annual conference in Gothenburg. This year’s conference theme is “Level Playing Field”.
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News“Most sustainable ship” awarded at Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam says that the product tanker ‘Olympus’, owned by Sirius Rederi, was the most sustainable ship to call at the port in 2013.
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NewsSingapore oil spill clean-up
Following the oil spillage from two collisions south of Jurong Island and off Marina South on 29 and 30 January 2014, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has been working hard to coordinate containment and clean-up operations.
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NewsOz dredge dumping given green light
The green light has been given to North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation to dump millions of cubic metres of dredged material near Australia’s fragile Great Barrier Reef.
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Yamal LNG looks for transhipping port
Yamal LNG, a venture developing an LNG export plant in the Russian Arctic, is looking for a terminal to tranship the fuel in Europe.
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NewsFendercare supports LNG STS operations
The UK''s Fendercare Marine has provided ship-to-ship (STS) support services for the first open sea’s LNG STS operations.
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NewsAiming for better communication and cooperation
Last October, Mercator Media organised the 8th GreenPort Congress. The event was hosted by the Port of Antwerp, which also hosted the very first GreenPort Congress in 2006. The 2013 Congress included interactive sessions focussing on the themes of the ESPO Green Guide. 04 Feb 2014 - GreenPort
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NewsList of dismantled ships published
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a coalition of environmental, human and labour rights organisations, which aims at preventing toxic end-of-life ships from being beached in developing countries, published a list of dismantled ships in the world in 2013.
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NewsBringing shoreside power to Charleston
Politicians in South Carolina, USA, have called for state funding to bring shore side power to the Port of Charleston.
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NewsGreen shore power connections
Germany’s L-3 SAM Electronics has won a contract to equip 11 Hanjin Shipping vessels with its SAMCon high voltage onshore power connection enabling them to benefit from shore side power.
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NewsReduced harbour dues for efficient shippers
Canada’s Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) has jumped on the band wagon to offer financial incentives to shippers based on the A to G Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) rating, following in the footsteps of Port Metro Vancouver.
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NewsWärtsilä powers North Sea FPSO
Wärtsilä is to supply a 62MW topside power module solution for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at the Kraken oilfield located in the UK sector of the North Sea.
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NewsIMO draft Polar Code concerns
Not everyone is happy with the IMO’s draft Polar Code, some say it is failing to address the looming danger of poorly prepared ships traversing the ice waters between the poles.
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NewsThe appeal of manageability
There are a number of reasons to be looking – hard – at the pros and cons of the relative sulphur emission technologies, but the most compelling argument may bypass sexier solutions and come down to a matter of control.
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NewsABP works to protect goods
ABP has taken the unusual step of tasking a 10-year-old Harris Hawk named Hope with keeping the Port of Southampton free from "nuisance" birds that are damaging imported and exported vehicles.
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NewsFinngulf LNG project
Finland’s gas grid operator, Gasum, is forging ahead with its plan to develop the Fjusä area in Inkoo, into the large scale Finngulf LNG import terminal and it will be developing the Tolkkinen, Porvoo site at the same time.
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NewsLNG sector set to soar
The LNG sector is set to soar in coming years with the number of LNG-powered vessels forecasted to increase by more than 3700% through 2025, according to a new report.
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Emissions innovation boost for UK marine sector
Businesses developing innovative solutions to reduce emissions in naval, leisure and merchant marine vessels and improve their overall efficiency are to get a £3m boost from the UK''s innovation agency – the Technology Strategy Board.
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NewsMississippi goes ‘green’
Mississippi State Port Authority has joined the Green marine sustainability programme with the hope of improving its environmental performance.
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NewsMarine R&D enters a new era
Operations have started at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark, which the company says is the beginning of a new era for marine R&D.
