World – Page 99
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NewsKuifeend nature conservation area
The Kuifeend + Grote Kreek nature conservation area lies within the Antwerp North railway marshalling yard, right in the middle of the port of Antwerp.
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NewsAdvantage: Rail
Rail is the key to Duisport’s commercial success. Kasia Kurek, of Erasmus University, Rotterdam, reports
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NewsTackling the challenges of inland ports
The “Binnen_Land” Research project has been established in response to the urgent need to handle increasing volumes of freight more sustainable. Femke Grabbert and Verena Meister of the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg provide an update on the project
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WWL: 32%cut in greenhouse gas emissions
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics cut its green house gas emissions by 32% last year. The company also cut its sulphur dioxide emissions (SO2) emissions by 135,000 tonnes in a nine year period from 2000 to 2009, an amount nearly equal to all the SO2 emissions from road vehicles in the United ...
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NewsTowards a carbon-reduced logistics chain
The GreenPort Logistics conference in Stockholm earlier this year focused on the challenges of carbon reduction in the transport chain
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NewsSustainable hinterland logistics in practice
The Port of Amsterdam and the Flower Auction FloraHolland in the Netherlands initiated a pilot in the first 3 months of 2010. Edwin Wenink, FloraHolland, reports: “For the first time, we brought plants in a logistic chain mainly based on waterway transport between the place of origin and the final ...
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NewsIndustry collaboration: key to greener ports
Interchange of information about ports, the environment and sustainable business management was a recurring theme of the presentations a the 5th GreenPort Conference in Stockholm on 24 and 25 February 2010
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Belfast to host SOS
The Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS), billed as the first international, cross-sectoral business conference on ocean sustainability, takes place 15-17 June in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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NewsGrain shiploader has advanced dust control features
Gleadell Agriculture Ltd has just taken delivery of a rubber-tyred mobile shiploader from B&W Mechanical Handling for its new grain loading facility currently being constructed at the Port of Great Yarmouth, on the east coast of the UK.
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Judges evaluate Los Angeles/ Long Beach clean air awards
Earlier this year the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach opened nominations for the third annual CAAP air quality awards.
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Harbour pleasure boat fitted with hybrid propulsion
The Los Angeles Harbor Commission has authorised the Port of Los Angeles to purchase a hybrid propulsion system for its 40-passenger harbour tour boat.
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Los Angeles considers reduced import tariff for zero-emission vehicles
In early May the Port of Los Angeles announced that it was planning to become the world’s first port to offer a reduced tariff for zero-emission vehicles imported into the US. The reduced-fee incentive proposal follows the decision by Chinese manufacturer BYD Auto Company Ltd to locate its North American ...
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NewsPort of Brisbane HQ wins green accolade
The new head office building of the Port of Brisbane Corporation (PBC), scheduled to open this summer, has become the first in Australia to receive a 5 Star Green Star – Office Design v3 Certified Rating from the Green Building Council of Australia.
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Houston approves enviro-tractors
Earlier this year the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) approved awarding a $1.3 million contract to Adobe Equipment to replace 15 yard tractors at the Barbours Cut container terminal with the cleanest-burning engines available.
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NewsFelixstowe wins green award
The Port of Felixstowe, UK, is celebrating after gaining one award, and being runner-up in a second category at Suffolk County Council’s ‘Creating the greenest county awards 2010’.
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Los Angeles commended for Wilmington Waterfront report
The environmental management staff of the Port of Los Angeles have received the 2010 Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document by the Association of Environmental Professionals for the preparation of the environmental impact report (EIR) for the Wilmington Waterfront project.
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Seattle succeeds in eliminating polluting old trucks
The Port of Seattle has exceeded earlier expectations in its clean air initiative to remove drayage (container-hauling) trucks with pre-1994 engines from the road. The ScRAPS (Scrappage and Retrofits for Air in Puget Sound) scheme was initiated last November and by late April 168 trucks had already been removed from ...
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Seattle encourages low-sulphur fuels
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on 22 April, the Port of Seattle chose to highlight its environmental stewardship with one of its green initiatives, the At-Berth Clean (ABC) Fuels programme.
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NewsOpening of the Outer Harbour at Great Yarmouth
With a number of customers already signed up before any final landscaping has been added, Great Yarmouth’s new outer harbour at EastPort UK, offers a promising start having just opened in January.
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Harwich and Antwerp promote wind farm developments
At the beginning March Harwich International Port revealed that it had become involved in the Thanet offshore wind farm project. This is the latest in a series of wind farms being built around the UK’s coast. Situated 12km off Foreness Point in Kent, it will eventually consist of a total ...
