Projects & Initiatives GreenPort

A green port programme which aims to increase the sustainability of Baltic ports has been given the green light after receiving an EU grant for its development and implementation.

It was at the last GreenPort Congress, in Copenhagen, that the Europeaon project of Nereidas presented its results of two years of work and studies, explains Jaime Bustillo Gálvez, Head of Strategic…

A Spanish company is hoping to clean up the world’s oceans with its innovative bin that catches floating rubbish, oil, fuel and detergents.

Luke Speller, lead senior scientist, BMT Group

Most of the world’s ports require dredging works, be they capital dredging to enlarge and deepen access channels, turning basins and depth alongside or maintenance works to maintain these hard won margins…

The Port of Vigo is edging closer to its zero waste target and setting its sights on becoming a landmark green port, writes Alice Mason, GreenPort News Reporter.

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has launched a set of milestones and priorities which it thinks must be met in order to create a sustainable shipping industry by 2040.

Dutch chemical company, AkzoNobel, has issued more than 126,000 carbon credits worth over $500,000 – the first to be awarded under the company’s landmark scheme which aims to encourage greener behaviour in…

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative – a coalition of companies from across the global shipping industry – has released its 2015 progress report, highlighting the positive developments that are being made to drive…

Ecoslops has announced that it has received an Agreement in Principle from the Port of Abidjan for land to construct a new recycling plant.