Mississippi State Port Authority has joined the Green marine sustainability programme with the hope of improving its environmental performance.
The State’s Port of Gulfport and Green Marine will work together to strengthen the port’s environmental performance by building strong relations with marine waterway stakeholders and heightening the understanding of the marine industry’s activities and environmental benefits.
Raymond Johnston, president, management corporation, Green Marine, said: “Port of Gulfport joining Green Marine clearly reflects a strong commitment towards the greening of their operations. It also demonstrates that the Green Marine environmental programme is valid, applicable, and scalable for all sizes of ports.”
With this, the Port of Gulfport could become the second coastal port in the US to successfully achieve the green designation, following the Port of Seattle.
Any marine company operating in Canada or the US can join the programme to voluntarily improve its environmental performance by carrying out concrete and measurable actions through frameworks aimed at ports, terminals, shipping companies and shipyards.
