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NewsDamen joins Rotterdam sustainable port project
Damen Shipyards Group has announced its partnership of the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s start-up accelerator programme, PortXL.
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NewsInnovative lighting tests at Noatum
A dynamic lighting system has begun a pilot test, developed by Ingeniería de Aplicaciones Energeticas SLU, at the Noatum Container Terminal in Valencia.
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NewsFEPORT on greenhouse emissions
FEPORT gave the opening speech at the GreenPort Congress discussing innovations in equipment and new technologies to reduce greenhouse emissions.
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NewsMusco lighting improves cost and efficiency
The Global Container Terminal in New Jersey, US, has installed a new Musco lighting system which promises to save US$1.3 million over the next decade.
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NewsRome green cruise achievements
The Port network of Rome and Lazio has won the ESPO port of the month award for its green cruise and ferry achievements.
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NewsPERS certification at Congress
The French ports of Le Havre and Nantes-Saint-Nazaire have achieved the Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certification.
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NewsTIGER grant for Hueneme
The US Port of Hueneme is in receipt of a US$12.3 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant helping it to make a number of intermodal improvements to improve efficiency.
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Maltese ports clean up
Project PORT-PVEV has initiated a range of improvements in a move to increase the use of green infrastructure in port areas in Malta.
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NewsGreen award for Boston
The Massachusetts Port Authority’s (Massport) Conley Container Terminal has won the 2015 Breathe Easy Leadership Award.
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NewsPollution contingency planning
In this article, Glyn Humphries, head of Adler and Allan’s marine response division, discusses the key measures to avoid the most common pitfalls in contingency planning for pollution incidents.
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NewsEnvironmentally-friendly tyre
Continental Commercial Specialty Tires (CST) will showcase its speciality tyre portfolio at this year’s CeMAT Asia, including the environmentally-friendly Continental SC18.
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NewsExpress rail facility approved
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved an agreement that will allow the construction of a major ship-to-rail facility to proceed.
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NewsLong Beach surpasses air improvement targets
The Port of Long Beach has surpassed its 2014 air pollution reduction targets through its air quality improvement programmes which aim to put in place cleaner diesel trucks, low sulphur fuel and increased use of shore power.
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NewsZero emission tractors for Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach has been awarded a US$1.2m grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help the Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) replace diesel fuelled tractors with electric vehicles.
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News2016 climate deadline unrealistic
Shipowners have expressed concerns over a recent European Parliament resolution urging the industry to develop a global policy framework by the end of 2016 which aims to meet carbon reduction targets.
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NewsGreenPort Congress papers available
Over 45 papers and presentations from the two day technical GreenPort Congress and Cruise conference 2015 are now available online to download now, along with bonus material from the working groups.
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NewsShore power survey
The City of Copenhagen, City & Port Development and Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) have drawn up joint analysis of the need and options for establishing shore power for cruise ships in Nordhavn.
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Mercator Media branches out
GreenPort''s parent company, UK-based B2B publishing and events company Mercator Media, has announced the opening of its second overseas office in the Americas.
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NewsMauritius port bunker opportunities
The Government of Mauritius has taken the next step in developing its largest city Port Louis into a global bunkering hub.
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NewsLNG bunkering report
A recent Transparency Market Research (TMR) report into the LNG bunker fuel market produces encouraging news for the industry with Europe emerging as the strongest regional market.
