Projects & Initiatives – Page 28
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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.
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NewsEfficient bulk terminal planning
Continuing voracious demand for mined materials in the developing nations has led to a requirement for increased bulk terminal capacity and efficient advanced planning, says Rajan Narayan, technical director at BMT Consultants India.
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NewsPrince Rupert feasibility study
DP World and the Prince Rupert Port Authority have announced an agreement to study further expansion of the Fairview Container Terminal at the port.
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NewsBaltic ports in green collaboration
Three Finnish TEN-T core ports are working in collaboration with Ports of Stockholm and Viking Line to invest €8,100,000 in measures to reduce the environmental impact from shipping in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsRecycling slops into marine fuels
The Ecoslops refinery in the Port of Sines, Portugal, has commenced industrial production and delivered the first volume of recycled marine fuel products which comply with ISO 8217 standards, writes Alice Mason, GreenPort News Reporter.
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NewsHueneme joins Green Marine
California’s Port of Hueneme has signed on as a participant in Green Marine, the largest voluntary environmental programme for the maritime industry in North America.
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NewsInnovative Offshore-Onshore Port system
The Port of Venice is fighting back against global warming with its new offshore bunkering platform.
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NewsBMT planning expertise
BMT Asia Pacific and BMT ARGOSS have been appointed by Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Group (HKND) to undertake a series of marine and port assessments for the Nicaragua Canal.
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NewsImproving flood resilience
ABPmer will be presenting at Flood and Coast 2016, a unique event focused on the challenges faced by ports as a result of flood and coastal erosion.
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NewsLooking towards the hinterland
An inland port may be defined as a strategic, multimodal node that includes at least a ship or barge terminal with connection to other ports before reaching oceanic trade, writes Xavier Seguí, Master in Chemical Engineering, Martí Puig, PhD candidate and Dr Rosa Mari Darbra, associate professor, Universitat Politècnica de ...
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NewsCutting haulage miles
Peel Ports has announced that is has secured 50 advocates for its Cargo200 initiative and is urging shippers in the North West of England to join the campaign.
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NewsGreen initiative ends on a high note
Thousands of port employees around the world have taken part in a joint environmental initiative launched by five of the world’s largest port operators in conjunction with the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA).
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NewsDamen joins Rotterdam sustainable port project
Damen Shipyards Group has announced its partnership of the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s start-up accelerator programme, PortXL.
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NewsPollution contingency planning
In this article, Glyn Humphries, head of Adler and Allan’s marine response division, discusses the key measures to avoid the most common pitfalls in contingency planning for pollution incidents.
