Europe GreenPort

The UK’s second largest ports group, Peel Ports, is lending its support to the UK’s only Low Carbon and SuperPort University Technical College (UTC), located in Liverpool.

Finnish marine power solutions company, Wärtsilä Corporation, has signed a 10 year loan agreement with the Nordic Investment Bank totalling $50m to fund research and development into energy efficient products.

According to a list released by Belgium based NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a record breaking number of 365 toxic ships were sent for breaking by European shipowners to the beaches of South Asia…

In a radical attempt to end the current trend at conferences for delegates to be exposed to ‘death by PowerPoint’ the programme at the 8th GreenPort Congress will take on a dramatic…

Arsenio A Dominguez, vice chairman of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for Mercator Media’s ‘Propulsion & Emissions Conference’.

The way cargo is handled, ships are constructed and ports are used has improved tremendously during the past years. This is what one could conclude from the Green Port Congress, which was…

UK MP’s on the Energy and Climate Change Committee, who are investigating a large scale barrage to harness the energy potential of the Bristol Channel, have heard that an alternative approach would…

The European Commission has launched a Clean Fuel Strategy. This is an ambitious package of measures to ensure the build-up of alternative fuel stations across Europe with common standards for their design…

The European Commission adopted a new strategy with regard to the air quality in the EU and has declared 2013 as the year of air, with new proposals on improving air quality…

The Greek passenger ferry company, Minoan Lines, announced to take its responsibilities as regards maritime environmental protection and the optimisation of ship energy efficiency operations.

Mercator Medias 2013 Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference is beginning to take shape with the announcement of Japan’s director for International Regulations, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MILT), as keynote…

ESPO Chairman Santiago Garcia-Milà informed members this morning that ESPO Secretary General Patrick Verhoeven has decided to leave the organisation.

The European Commission has launched two calls for proposals under the 2012 Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) multi-annual and annual programmes, making €1.265 billion available to finance European transport infrastructure projects in all…

The UKs Freight Trade Association (FTA) has warned of major road jams if Scotland loses its only freight connection to Europe because of the Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SCAs) coming into force…

On 7 Novermber, the ESPO General Assembly elected Santiago Garcia-Milà as its new Chairman.

The UKs Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published its first series of marine evidence and information reports.

The Flemish Government and the port authorities of Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Ghent and Fluxys have published their feasibility study on LNG bunkering – with the support of Det Norske Veritas (DNV).

Bromma has received its largest ever combined all electric STS and all electric yard crane spreader order from Long Beach Container Terminal LLC, subsidiary of Orient Overseas Container Line Limited.

The European Commission published new guidelines on inland navigation and nature protection to assist the sector in applying EU environmental legislation.