Projects & Initiatives GreenPort

The lock complex at Terneuzen is the gateway to the ports of Terneuzen and Ghent and provides a good shipping connection between the Netherlands, Belgium and France, but the new lock project…

A US$1.3m grant has been awarded to the Los Angeles Harbour Department to fund a new, zero-emission electric drive cargo crane that will improve air quality, especially for nearby communities.

The third Kotug hybrid Rotortug, ‘RT Emotion’, has been delivered by Damen Shipyards to its owner Elisabeth Ltd in Bremerhaven, where it will begin operations for Kotug’s European harbour towage division.

As the battle for a sustainable supply chain continues, new and emerging ‘green’ technology and initiatives are being employed worldwide, but more strategic industry collaboration is needed too, writes Rachael Doyle, news…

The European Union’s TEN-T programme is investing almost €570,000 into the pilot launch of a ‘green’ IT solution to help match truck schedule in the Port of Rotterdam.

The UKs Port of Milford Haven says it has become carbon neutral, thanks to its investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

The US Port of Oakland is initiating a new Storm Water Ordinance regulation aimed at keeping the waters clean along the port’s 20 miles of San Francisco Bay shoreline.

A new decision support mapping software tool has been developed to help local authorities and urban planners minimise congestion and emissions to develop sustainable freight plans.

Around €550,000 in European funding has been awarded to the Port of Dunkirk for its plans to improve access to the western harbour to make way for larger ships.

European ports “have to act ahead of stricter legislation” if the ongoing problem of air pollution is to improve, says the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU).

The Norway-based NGO Bellona Foundation has launched a three year partnership with the Damen Shipyards Group to explore and develop green concept vessels for the future.

As shipowners work hard to keep in line with the IMO’s new stringent regulations, emissions at the Port of Gothenburg have dramatically fallen by 80% since the beginning of the year.

Wärtsilä is teaming up with Clean Marine Energy Europe Ltd (CME) to provide a funding solution to help shipowners comply with sulphur emissions legislation through the use of exhaust gas cleaning technology.

Salcombe Harbour on the Devon coast of the UK has signed up to the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) EcoPort scheme proving that it’s not just large ports that can make a…

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) says the new International Workshop Agreement (IWA 16) is a major step forward in achieving joined up thinking across the whole logistics support chain, including at…

Envisan France, the French branch of the environmental division of Jan De Nul Group, is constructing a new treatment centre (CPEM) in La Seyne-sur-Mer, Southern France, designed specifically for the treatment and…

Having made strong commitments to environmental stewardship, port authorities and operators are immersed in monitoring programmes to ascertain the performance of their activities against a series of criteria to reach stated targets,…

An 11-point checklist has been developed by researchers at Plymouth University that say it could help the UK’s smaller ports work more sustainably.

Concern for the environment is a constituent part of Port of Koper’s management policy and organisational culture, writes Franka Cepak, environmental manager, Port of Koper, Slovenia.

The Liberian Registry is to offer tonnage tax discounts to ships participating in its recently launched environmental initiative, which includes retrofitting green technology paid for from fuel savings.