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  • DNV GL and the MPA have worked  jointly and separately on projects to reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency in shipping
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    Joint collaboration for green marine R&D

    2014-03-05T13:38:00Z

    Research and development (R&D) in the marine industry has been thrust into the spotlight with the new collaboration between DNV GL and the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

  • Wärtsilä's sealing solutions comply with the EPA's revised 2013 VGP
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    EPA approval for Wärtsilä shaft sealants

    2014-03-04T16:54:00Z

    Wärtsilä’s environmentally-sustainable propeller shaft sealing solutions will continue to use mineral oil as they''ve been found to meet US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) standards.

  • The NASP monitors ship-source pollution in Canada's waters
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    Canada works hard to detect pollution

    2014-02-28T16:40:00Z

    A total of CAD$47.6m of new funding has been put aside to increase the number of flights to monitor and detect pollution from ships in Canada’s waters.

  • During 2013, 120 tonnes of sulphur emissions were saved as a result of the Port of Gothenburg's programme. Photo: Port of Gothenburg
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    Gothenburg campaigns to save emissions

    2014-02-27T14:31:00Z

    Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg’s campaign to save sulphur emissions is making progress. During 2013, 49 vessels took part resulting in a saving of 120 tonnes of sulphur emissions.

  • The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is gradually replacing the whole of its fleet with greener vehicles
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    PANYNJ vehicle fleet gets greener

    2014-02-26T15:26:00Z

    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is set to spend US$28m on more than 200 green vehicles bringing the number of alternative fuel, environmentally friendly trucks and cars at the port to around 85%.

  • Imperial Shipping Holdings' inland barge has become the 500th ship to be Green Award-certified
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    Green Award for 500th barge

    2014-02-25T10:19:00Z

    The Green Award Foundation, a scheme developed to promote quality inland shipping, has certified the 500th inland barge, marking a major milestone in the industry.

  • The PowerBuoy wave generation technology uses a “smart” ocean-going buoy to covert wave energy into low-cost, clean electricity. Photo Ocean Power Technologies, Inc
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    World’s largest wave energy project underway

    2014-02-21T12:37:00Z

    UK-based Lockheed Martin and Australia’s Victorian Wave Partners Ltd are to develop the ‘world’s largest’ wave energy project – a significant step toward making ocean energy commercially available.

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    CMA CGM adopts ‘cold ironing’

    2014-02-20T15:28:00Z

    CMA CGM has adopted a “mobile solution container” in a bid to comply with new Californian rules calling for ‘cold ironing’ or alternative maritime power (AMP).

  • Green EFFORTS is a collaborative research project, aiming at the reduction of energy consumption and improving  a clear energy mix in the seaports and at terminals.
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    Reduction of Carbon Footprint of Ports and Terminals – Fiction and Reality

    2014-02-18T20:30:00Z

    GREEN EFFORTS considers opportunities and requirements to measure, monitor and control port and terminal emissions. This is compatible to other transport areas in order to eventually achieve an emission control system coherently and comprehensively covering the whole transport chain in a standardised way, says Prof. Jens Froese, Coordinator of the ...

  • The new Liebherr equipment should help Transnet save on both efficiency and emissions
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    Liebherr delivers efficiency at Transnet

    2014-02-18T18:42:00Z

    Liebherr has secured an order to deliver four ship to shore cranes and 18 rubber tyred gantry cranes to Transnet Port Terminals in South Africa to help improve efficiency and provide environmental benefits at the terminal.

  • The European Union will co-finance with €3.9 million from the TEN-T Programme a project to extend one of the terminals and renew the intermodal infrastructure of the northern Italian Port of Genoa.
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    Port of Genoa receives TEN-T money

    2014-02-18T16:13:00Z

    The port of Genoa is going to receive €3.9 million from the TEN-T Programme for its project to extend one of its terminals and renew the intermodal infrastructure.

  • The new Alternative Maritime Emission Control System (AMECS) could provide an alternative to shore power at Long Beach
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    POLB puts new ‘shore power’ to the test

    2014-02-14T16:51:00Z

    The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is putting US$2,063,624 of funding towards testing a new air pollution-control technology for docked cargo ships.

  • The CSS portable BWT systems aim to provide owners with a low cost solution to achieving compliance
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    New portable BWT systems

    2014-02-13T17:45:00Z

    Cleanship Solutions (CSS), part of the Malin Group, has developed a range of fully containerised, portable ballast water treatment (BWT) systems, suitable for modular use in a range of vessels and applications.

  • The oil spillage clean-ups are making progress following the two collissions off Jurong Island, Singapore. Photo: Jacklee
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    Singapore oil spill clean-up

    2014-02-11T12:39:00Z

    Following the oil spillage from two collisions south of Jurong Island and off Marina South on 29 and 30 January 2014, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has been working hard to coordinate containment and clean-up operations.

  • SAMCon will enable vessels to meet California’s upcoming strict clean air regulations
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    Green shore power connections

    2014-01-30T17:04:00Z

    Germany’s L-3 SAM Electronics has won a contract to equip 11 Hanjin Shipping vessels with its SAMCon high voltage onshore power connection enabling them to benefit from shore side power.

  • The 62MW  topside power modules each house two 16-cylinder Wärtsilä 50DF multi-fuel engines
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    Wärtsilä powers North Sea FPSO

    2014-01-30T11:36:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to supply a 62MW topside power module solution for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at the Kraken oilfield located in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • Some are not happy with the draft Polar Code as it stands
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    IMO draft Polar Code concerns

    2014-01-30T10:49:00Z

    Not everyone is happy with the IMO’s draft Polar Code, some say it is failing to address the looming danger of poorly prepared ships traversing the ice waters between the poles.

  • Dimitris Argyros, Lloyd’s Register: “It’s not that people are lacking in information, it’s more that they are suffering from an information overload”
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    The appeal of manageability

    2014-01-28T20:00:00Z

    There are a number of reasons to be looking – hard – at the pros and cons of the relative sulphur emission technologies, but the most compelling argument may bypass sexier solutions and come down to a matter of control.

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    Emissions innovation boost for UK marine sector

    2014-01-23T19:08:00Z

    Businesses developing innovative solutions to reduce emissions in naval, leisure and merchant marine vessels and improve their overall efficiency are to get a £3m boost from the UK''s innovation agency – the Technology Strategy Board.

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    KR and Busan Port join forces

    2014-01-15T17:32:00Z

    The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) and the Busan Port Authority (BPA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on environmental initiatives and other maritime activities.