Projects & Initiatives GreenPort

The Port of Seattle has awarded global cruise company, Princess Cruises, with a Gold Level Green Gateway award for the line’s environmental stewardship.

According to the Environmental Ship Index (ESI), Cosco Container Lines’ container ship, ‘Cosco Pride’, was the most sustainable vessel to call at the Port of Rotterdam in 2012.

US based dust suppression solutions provider, Dust Control Technology (DCT) has introduced four new sizes of its stainless steel dust suppression ring to provide bulk material handlers with a wider range of…

US based Severn Trent De Nora’s BALPURE ballast water treatment system (BWTS) has received the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) Alternate Management System (AMS) approval.

US based water disinfection system provider, Severn Trent De Nora’s Mariner Omnipure sewage treatment system has been selected for use onboard new patrol boats for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.

Understanding and managing environmental risks, mitigating impact and measuringperformance are taking greater prominence in the boardroom. With requirementsfor accountability increasing, there are a number of options for port operators,says Emma Goodchild, Manger…

Global cruise company, MSC Cruises, has been awarded the prestigious ‘7 Golden Pearls’ award by classification society, Bureau Veritas (BV), for its latest flagship ‘MSC Preziosa.

Yesterday, the European Commission launched a proposal to improve the planning of maritime activities at sea and the management of coastal areas.

The UKs Port of Dover has retained the Carbon Trust Standard for the second year, celebrating four years of carbon reductions.

An ‘LNG Fuelled Vessels Working Group’ has been set up under the auspices of the International Association of Ports and Harbour’s (IAPH) World Ports Climate Initiative (WPCI), in a bid to develop…

Last week, ESPO awarded five new PERS certificates during a seminar held in Piraeus.

A member of the Port of San Diego’s ‘Green Business Network’, Pacific Tugboat Service, has successfully converted its fleet of 20 vessels to run on shore power, in a bid to help…

The Port of Rotterdam is to be the first port in the world to reward ocean-going LNG tankers which possess the Green Award certificate, it says.

The Port of Cork, Ireland, has signed up as a partner of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to help deliver energy savings.

The European Commission has supported the amendments of an existing Finnish scheme supporting investment in cleaner ships.

In order to expand the activities at a port and industrial estate, environmental space is needed in addition to physical room. At the Moerdijk and Amsterdam-Westpoort Port and Industrial Estate, there is…

Global classification society, Bureau Veritas (BV), has issued its first voluntary SEEMP notation to 1,500 passenger and 500 car cruise ferry, ‘Cap Finistère’, operated by Brittany Ferries.

Global paint and coatings business, AkzoNobel, and Taiwanese business, U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation, have become the latest companies to join the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI).

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hanjin Shipping have singed an agreement to carry out joint research on ship energy efficiency management, in a bid to ensure efficient operations and reduce operating costs.

LNG powered barge ‘Argonon’, operated by Dutch company Deen Shipping, was bunkered at the Port of Antwerp last week, the first time this has ever been done in a Belgian port.

Shipping leaders from around the world have joined forces to form a partnership to tackle the sector’s major opportunities and challenges.

The Gulf Agency Company (GAC) has much expertise in the loading, discharging and transportation of bulk cargoes. Kostas Kakaris, GAC’s (Gulf Agency Company) Group Dry Bulk Development Manager, explores the role of…