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The Port of Los Angeles is the world’s first port to offer a reduced tariff for zero-emission vehicles imported and exported through the port.

The US Coast Guard is seeking input from the public to evaluate the need for establishing vessel routing measures in the Bering Strait.

Twelve LNG terminal tractors have been delivered to a Californian import trucking and distribution company as part of a commitment to the gas fuel.

The Port of Savannah has received conditional blessing from the US Army Corps of Engineers in relation to the dredging plans to expand the US’s fourth-largest container port. The Corps have judged…

The Port of Seattle has won a national Green Fleet award recognising its use of alternative fuels including biodiesel, CNG and hybrid vehicles. It is also for its programmes relating to air…

The Port of Long Beach has entered a deal with Vision Motor Corporation to develop a hydrogen fuel cell/plug-in electric on-road truck and an electric zero-emission terminal tractor.

Maryland Port in Baltimore has promised to offset pollution caused by dredging. The state Department of the Environment is requiring the Port Administration to limit or make up for the nitrogen and…

The Port of Los Angeles has been awarded $16 million toward a rail project that will both reduce pollution and ease congestion.

A user-friendly incentive for shipping lines that reduce emissions has been launched by Port Metro Vancouver.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics cut its green house gas emissions by 32% last year. The company also cut its sulphur dioxide emissions (SO2) emissions by 135,000 tonnes in a nine year period from…

Earlier this year the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach opened nominations for the third annual CAAP air quality awards.

In early May the Port of Los Angeles announced that it was planning to become the world’s first port to offer a reduced tariff for zero-emission vehicles imported into the US. The…

The environmental management staff of the Port of Los Angeles have received the 2010 Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document by the Association of Environmental Professionals for the preparation of the environmental impact report…

The Port of Seattle has exceeded earlier expectations in its clean air initiative to remove drayage (container-hauling) trucks with pre-1994 engines from the road. The ScRAPS (Scrappage and Retrofits for Air in…

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on 22 April, the Port of Seattle chose to highlight its environmental stewardship with one of its green initiatives, the At-Berth Clean (ABC) Fuels…

During the course of last summer, three technical committees composed of Green Marine participants held a series of meetings to discuss the addition of new issues to the Environmental Programme and the…

A voluntary programme to get cruise and cargo vessel operators to reduce ship speeds when travelling to and from San Diego Bay is working. Cruise and cargo vessel operators are asked to…

A local collaborative effort including the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) to foster environmental protection and economic revitalisation in distressed neighbourhoods has earned a national Environmental Justice Achievement Award through the…

A new study published by an environmental pressure group claims emissions from existing port terminals could cost Charleston County (SC) as much as $54 million dollars a year in health care expenses.

Federal Marine Terminals (FMT), which operates 10 terminals across the Great Lakes and the Eastern Seaboard, has unveiled its environmental policy on its website (www.fmtcargo.com). FMT is one of the first marine…