Australasia GreenPort

An Australian port’s new master plan sets out the sustainable development of its activities, operations and management while protecting the Great Barrier Reef.

A port in New Zealand has outlined plans for its sustainability strategy with potential investments in alternative fuels to minimise its carbon footprint.

Environmental goals are being achieved by using trains to feed export logs from inlandrural hubs to Wellington’s CentrePort, in New Zealand’s North Island. By Iain MacIntyre

A tidal study project and resulting tide model developed by an Australian port authority has paved the way for a national tide model which is expected to contribute to Australia’s ‘blue economy’.

Air quality monitoring by an Australian port operator has found no evidence of air pollution due to port operations.

An Australian port management group has a launched a sustainability plan to help it minimise its environmental impact.

A New Zealand port authority has ordered an electric port tug as part of its goal to become zero-emission by 2040.

Associate IAPH member Ports Australia has launched an online sustainability hub to highlight the advances made by Australias ports in all five of the World Port Sustainability Program’s (WPSP) main themes.

Osprey nesting platforms on port navigation aids in Port Hedland’s inner harbour have been increased from three to five as part of a project by Australia’s Pilbara Ports Authority to replace ageing…

A marine biosecurity surveillance programme that helps protect the natural environment and flora and fauna at ports in Australia has received an Australian Biosecurity Award.

Port of Newcastle has become the first port in Australasia to be granted membership of the International EcoPorts network after committing to meeting its global environmental and sustainability standards.

Ports of Auckland (POAL) has been approved for part-funding for the purchase of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from the Government’s Low Emission Vehicles Contestable Fund (LEVCF) to further its plan to…

A Fremantle Ports-led team has successfully recovered almost all fuel oil which spilled from a ship into the Inner Harbour on 12 January.

Ports Australia has joined the World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) in order to enhance and coordinate future sustainability efforts with other ports worldwide.

New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland has joined a coalition to fight climate change in order to ramp up its efforts to tackle GHG emissions.

Kalmar and Navis will a deliver world-first state-of-the-art intermodal automation solution to a Sydney logistics park which will help it lower its carbon emissions.

A major investigation has found ship noise reduces the “communication space” available for at least two key marine species.

Ports of Auckland is using an emissions reduction scheme to help it become a zero emissions port by 2040.

New technology will enable the worlds first fully automated international container terminal to improve efficiency and safety.

Port of Hedland’s long-awaited dust management report could affect the way the port expands and develops in the future.