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NewsGreen Award for 500th barge
The Green Award Foundation, a scheme developed to promote quality inland shipping, has certified the 500th inland barge, marking a major milestone in the industry.
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News‘First’ LNG bunker barges for US
Seattle-based Jensen Maritime, part of Crowley Maritime Corporation, is to build some of the ‘first’ LNG bunker barges in the US for LNG America LLC.
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NewsWorld’s largest wave energy project underway
UK-based Lockheed Martin and Australia’s Victorian Wave Partners Ltd are to develop the ‘world’s largest’ wave energy project – a significant step toward making ocean energy commercially available.
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NewsHong Kong fuel switching programme
Civic Exchange, Hong Kong''s independent think tank, has commended the shipping industry for extending the Fair Winds Charter to the end of 2014.
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CMA CGM adopts ‘cold ironing’
CMA CGM has adopted a “mobile solution container” in a bid to comply with new Californian rules calling for ‘cold ironing’ or alternative maritime power (AMP).
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NewsNorway in line for LNG bunkering solution
Skangass is to build a bunker station for LNG in Risavika, close to Stavanger in Norway for Fjord Line’s cruise ferries.
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NewsWärtsilä LNG conversions
Wärtsilä has been contracted by US shipowner Totem Ocean Trailer Express (Totem Ocean) to supply equipment for what is said to be the largest LNG conversions to be undertaken in the US.
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NewsReduction of Carbon Footprint of Ports and Terminals – Fiction and Reality
GREEN EFFORTS considers opportunities and requirements to measure, monitor and control port and terminal emissions. This is compatible to other transport areas in order to eventually achieve an emission control system coherently and comprehensively covering the whole transport chain in a standardised way, says Prof. Jens Froese, Coordinator of the ...
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NewsLiebherr delivers efficiency at Transnet
Liebherr has secured an order to deliver four ship to shore cranes and 18 rubber tyred gantry cranes to Transnet Port Terminals in South Africa to help improve efficiency and provide environmental benefits at the terminal.
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NewsZeebrugge completes ‘first’ bunkering operation
The Port of Zeebrugge has completed a ‘truck to ship’ LNG bunkering operation – the first to be performed in the Flemish coastal port.
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NewsPort of Genoa receives TEN-T money
The port of Genoa is going to receive €3.9 million from the TEN-T Programme for its project to extend one of its terminals and renew the intermodal infrastructure.
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NewsUS LNG fuelling facility
New Orleans based Harvey Gulf International Marine (HGIM) has begun construction on its new US$25m LNG fuelling facility at the Port Fourchon terminal in Louisiana.
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NewsSamsø calls for turn-key LNG solution
A pre-qualification notice has been released to find an LNG bunkering solution for Denmark’s first LNG ferry operating between Samsø and Hou in Jutland.
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NewsPOLB puts new ‘shore power’ to the test
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is putting US$2,063,624 of funding towards testing a new air pollution-control technology for docked cargo ships.
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NewsNew portable BWT systems
Cleanship Solutions (CSS), part of the Malin Group, has developed a range of fully containerised, portable ballast water treatment (BWT) systems, suitable for modular use in a range of vessels and applications.
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NewsLNG support vessel contract
Shell Australia has awarded a major contract for the design, construction and operation of three Infield Support Vessels (ISVs) to KT Maritime Services Australia Pty Lt.
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NewsPutting action before words
‘Leading by example'' is the Port of Strasbourg''s motto for its sustainable development policy, which is to co-creating with its staff, explain Hélène Haslé, former Director of Development and Aurore Mourette, Sustainable Development Project Manager at the Port of Strasbourg.
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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.
