Fifty-five ports from all over the world have come together to form the World Ports Climate Initiative. Under the leadership of the IAPH they have committed to jointly reduce the threat of global climate change.
In support of this effort a number of projects are being progressed, led by volunteer WPCI member ports. As reported in the last edition of GreenPort Journal significant progress has been made with a number of these projects in particular:
• Carbon foot printing (led by Port of Los Angeles)
• Environmental Ship Index (led by Port of Rotterdam)
• On-shore Power Supply (led by Port of Gothenburg)
Progress on these projects and on ‘Intermodal Transport’ led by the Port of Amsterdam will be presented at the IAPH Africa/ Europe Regional Meeting in Hamburg from the 16th to 18th November 2009. The IAPH is dedicating the morning of one day out of its three day programme to the WPCI. The meeting is hosted by Hamburg Port Authority. The Onshore Power Supply (OPS) project has developed a ‘Guidance Document’ to assist in assessing the feasibility of OPS at a particular site, and in its implementation. Work is now commencing on developing a web site to provide practical on-line guidance. The project team are seeking volunteer ports, with or without experience of OPS, to act as pilots for the website, providing their feedback on its content and user friendliness. If you are interested please contact Susann Dutt at the Port of Göteborg (susann.dutt@portgot.se).
