Projects & Initiatives GreenPort

From the busy San Pedro Bay port complex, downtown Long Beach’s St Anthony High School often saw diesel soot land on its window sills and floors, writes Karen Robes Meeks, on behalf…

With work underway to construct 88,000 rooftop panels on DP World’s Dubai facilities, the company’s CEO has emphasised the importance of solar energy.

Smart Freight Center (SFC) and FEPORT have signed an Memorandum of Understanding to partner together to help standardise calculating and reporting emissions in the port logistics supply chain.

Participants from across Europe gathered in Warsaw earlier this month to discuss how to enhance inland navigation in the Baltic Sea Region.

HR Wallingford’s work relating to sound in the marine environment has led them to be recognised at the Dredging and Ports Construction Innovation Awards 2016.

DP World has been recognised for implementing best practice in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving environmental performance by the UK-based Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

A new Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) waste import terminal has opened at the Port of Gothenburg, with the bulk of the waste arriving from the British Port of Immingham.

Frances Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque has taken an approach to sustainable development that involves all stakeholders, shortlisting it for the 2016 ESPO Award.

Wärtsilä Seals and Bearings won the Environmental Technology award category at the Ship Efficiency Awards 2016 in London on 2 November.

The Spanish Port of Cartagena is looking to integrate nature protection, biodiversity and society into all of its activities by 2020.

The New Orleans Terminal (N.O.T) LLC is continuing to take steps to preserve the environment and create an efficient operation.

The Port of London Authority has joined its Cleaner Thames campaign partners to clean up the River Thames at Woolwich Arsenal.

ABB has been shortlisted for a prestigious environmental award for modernising two vessels that will become the largest emission-free electric ferries in the world.

Samskip is installing specially laminated glass that blocks infra-red rays but not daylight as part of its sustainability strategy.

The third annual joint ‘GO GREEN’ environmental initiative launched by the big marine terminal operators has seen companies raise the bar in promoting environmental stewardship.

The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is aiming to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by implementing a project that will optimise truck routes to and from terminals located on Port of Montreal territory.

Bremen, Cartagena, Dunkirk, Guadeloupe and Riga have been shortlisted for the eighth European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Award on Societal Integration of Ports.