Regulation & Policy GreenPort

Ahead of the forthcoming 70th Session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), shippers have been lobbying hard to secure increased environmental legislation for the industry.

The Ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven in Germany, Moerdijk, the Netherlands, and Morocco’s Tangier MED have achieved PERS certification.

This year’s host of the GreenPort Cruise and Congress is the Venice Port Authority, a natural choice because the area is a world heritage site which has to find pioneering solutions to…

The Green Award Foundation and RightShip are to increase their collaboration to promote safe, sustainable shipping.

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and its members have developed a roadmap defining ambitious but realistic steps towards simplifying administration and facilitating trade.

The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has published three information papers exploring key issues for port and terminal operations to include shore side power and lighting technologies.

FEPORT members have released a new publication regarding the environmentally friendly actions it has been implementing through European ports.

Representatives from the European Community Shipowner’s Association (ECSA) together with the Royal Belgian Shipowners (RBSA) and Wärtsilä are joining forces to help create a sustainable, CO2-neutral economy.

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has presented its position paper on the revision of the port reception facilities (PRF) directive.

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved mandatory requirements for ships to record and report their fuel consumption.

The first of two Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meetings to be held this year began in London on 18 April at the IMO headquarters.

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has called on the IMO to show its true commitment to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions from shipping at the forthcoming Marine Environmental Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 69)…

The reduction of carbon emissions is one of the major challenges facing the European transport chain. For many years terminal operators have taken concrete steps to reduce their emissions, writes Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid,…

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has fined the China Navigation Co. Pte. Ltd. $129,500 for failing to switch its engines over from heavy diesel bunker fuel to cleaner, low-sulphur fuel when…

The 1.5/2°C climate warming limit agreed at the recent Paris summit will be impossible to meet unless Europe and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) introduce measures to cut shipping emissions, warn Seas…

Shipping companies are being advised to use the newly launched Transitional Measures for Shipowners Selling Ships and Recycling.

Fathom Maritime Intelligence has announced the launch of a brand-new industry guide, The Ship Operator’s Guide To NOx Reduction.