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Research and development (R&D) in the marine industry has been thrust into the spotlight with the new collaboration between DNV GL and the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

A total of CAD$47.6m of new funding has been put aside to increase the number of flights to monitor and detect pollution from ships in Canada’s waters.

Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg’s campaign to save sulphur emissions is making progress. During 2013, 49 vessels took part resulting in a saving of 120 tonnes of sulphur emissions.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is set to spend US$28m on more than 200 green vehicles bringing the number of alternative fuel, environmentally friendly trucks and cars…

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.

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.

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…

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…

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.

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.

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.

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…

Wärtsilä is to supply a 62MW topside power module solution for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at the Kraken oilfield located in the UK sector of…

There are a number of reasons to be looking – hard – at the pros and cons of the relative sulphur emission technologies, but the most compelling argument may bypass sexier solutions…

The operating profile of a typical harbour tug could almost have been designed to maximise emissions; so the ‘green’ tug concept presents a challenge to ship designers, but it is a challenge…

Environmental agencies are calling on the authorities to prevent the dumping of dredging spoils at Abbot Point because its too close to the Great Barrier Reef.