Projects & Initiatives GreenPort

APM Terminals operates a Global Port, Terminal and Inland Services Network. With a wide global reach we take our corporate responsibility very seriously and this also applies to ‘green ports’, for which…

PD Ports, owner of Teesport, the Port of Hartlepool and port and logistics facilities throughout the UK, is one of the pioneers of the Portcentric model in the UK. It has the…

The port of Genoa reduces CO2 emissions by 20,000 tonnes every year thanks to €60m worth of investments in new energies - all part of the goal of the new Port Environmental…

As ports around the world embrace the commercial, reputational and environmental benefits that boosting green credentials can bring, the issue of measuring environmental performance is gaining momentum, writes Helena Athoussaki, CEO, Carbon…

Shore-to-ship power is central to helping ports and ships reduce their emissions - as Daniel Radu and Loréne Grandidier from the Shore Connection Team at Schneider Electric Industry investigate.

In this article, Dr. Padideh Guetzkow Moini from Siemens looks at how in 2009, Siemens’ customers worldwide were able to reduce their CO2 emissions by a total of 210m tonnes using solutions…

Dr Robert G Kanter of the Port of Long Beach, California is one of the chief architects of the port’s groundbreaking environmental initiatives – among the most aggressive implemented by any seaport…

EXISTING AND UPCOMING stricter air quality standards and regulations together with the need to reduce energy consumption are raising ports and terminals awareness of their carbon footprint.

IN DENMARK, COMPANIES across the maritime industry have joined forces in a unique cooperation in order to develop strategies to make shipping more green.

CHANGING A BERTHING facility or constructing a port is a decision with a wide-ranging impact on economy as well as on the surrounding environment.For a number of Swedish ports, simulation is a…

Watermode is an EU territorial cooperation project lead by the Venice Port Authority - it is aimed at promoting better coordination between public stakeholders.

ONLY FEW PEOPLE will be able to forget the recent oil spill that took place in the Gulf of Mexico by the giant British Petroleum.

IT HAS TAKEN a long time for ‘the greenest way of transportation’ to catch up on the green awareness of modern society.

CMA CGM GROUP is the world’s third largest container shipping company and is ranked number one in France.

WITNESSING CARGOTEC’S COMMITMENT to support future generations of container terminal operators, the company recently launched the ‘Port 2060’ project, which aims to imagine how the container industry might evolve over the next…

WITHIN A PORT context, ‘efficiency’ is usually a word associated with operational rather than environmental management, but it has been the mantra used todeliver real carbon savings at the Port of Dover.

ALPHERIUM, THE LARGEST barge-connected inland terminal in the Netherlands, has proved such a success since it opened for business in October 2010 that thefacility is already operating at capacity.

THE PORT OF GOTHENBURG has received an international award for its contribution to cleaner shipping.

THE EUROPEAN CROSS-BORDER PATCH (Ports Adapting To Change) project is co-financed by the Interreg IVA 2 Seas Programme 2007 – 2013.

In many cases ports can make a big difference when it comes to reducing human impact on the environment. Perhaps that’s the reason why the concept of a “Green Port” is finding…

No-one that is in the business of shipping and logistics will deny the important role that seaports play as gateways for trade and transport and the contribution they deliver to the European…

During the recent GreenPort conference on the 23th and 24th of February , the Port of Antwerp presented its carbon footprint.

A successful methodology for knowledge and effective actions definition in global warming fighting.