Projects & Initiatives – Page 26
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NewsEnergy solutions workshop draws closer
Southampton will play host to a unique event bringing together international experts to highlight the potential use of high performance marine battery systems and stored energy.
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NewsGreen Award Foundation wins Green4Sea honour
The Green Award Foundation has received the Green4Sea Initiative Award, given for its contribution to environmental sustainability in the shipping industry.
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NewsCreating a Nordic maritime hub
An EU funded project called the Nordic Maritime Hub project has been initiated at the Port of Frederikshavn in Denmark.
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NewsEcoslops awarded innovation challenge award
Ecoslops has announced that it has won the Future Programmes’ Worldwide Innovation Challenge, awarded by the French Government.
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NewsMEPC 69 preview
The Marine Environment Protection Committee’s 69th session will take place from 18 to 22 April 2016, at IMO headquarters in London.
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NewsGreen light for Green InfraPort
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.
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NewsThe Nereidas Project - Port of Melilla
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 Planning Unit at the Port Authority of Melilla.
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NewsSeabin project aims to clean up world's oceans
A Spanish company is hoping to clean up the world’s oceans with its innovative bin that catches floating rubbish, oil, fuel and detergents.
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NewsDredging Days views Ports of the Future
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 for navigational safety, writes Larz Bourne.
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NewsPort of Vigo aims for zero waste
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.
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NewsSSI signs landmark declaration to halt wildlife trafficking
The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) – a coalition of companies from across the global shipping industry – has signed a declaration to tackle global wildlife trafficking routes.
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IMO workshops to promote energy efficiency
The IMO has held two international workshops to raise awareness of its regulations on energy efficiency and the control of greenhouse gas emissions from ships.
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NewsRoadmap to sustainable shipping
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.
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NewsFirst carbon credits award for cleaner hulls
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 shipping industry.
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NewsShipping making steady progress towards sustainability
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 shipping’s sustainability, as well as significant challenges that lie ahead.
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Environmental Ship Index still going strong
A scheme that measures the environmental friendliness of ships is proving beneficial in the battle against climate change, according to the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH).
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NewsNew Ecoslops recycling plant at Port of Abidjan
Ecoslops has announced that it has received an Agreement in Principle from the Port of Abidjan for land to construct a new recycling plant.
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NewsRomanian oil recycling plant
Ecoslops, the recycled marine fuels from oil residues expert, is to conduct a feasibility study for the development of a new oil residue processing plant in the Romanian Port of Constanta.
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STM project discussed at MONALISA 2.0
The blueprints for sea traffic management (STM) are set to become a reality following the MONALISA 2.0 final conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.
