Projects & Initiatives – Page 38
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Industry support for GFE programme
Belgian environmental organisation, Green Freight Europe (GFE), is receiving growing support from the shipping industry following the recent launch of its carbon monitoring and reporting platform.
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NewsAntwerp promotes ship waste collection
The Port of Antwerp recently hosted an international workshop on port facilities for ship’s waste and cargo residues after being chosen for its efforts in promoting its collection.
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NewsGreenpeace urges ministers to change climate deal
At the climate talks in Doha, Greenpeace is warning European countries to drop loopholes and increase ambition to prevent catastrophic climate change.
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NewsShipping leaders collaborate to tackle major issues
Shipping leaders from around the world have joined forces to form a partnership to tackle the sector’s major opportunities and challenges.
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NewsConstant air-quality monitoring at Le Havre
For more than twenty years, Le Havre port authority has voluntarily started action in favour of the respect and safeguarding of the environment and of sustainable development of its area, say Pascal Galichon, Head of the Environment Department and Jean-Paul Raffini, Deputy Head of the Environment Department of the Port ...
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NewsThe Role of the Ship Agent
The Gulf Agency Company (GAC) has much expertise in the loading, discharging and transportation of bulk cargoes. Kostas Kakaris, GAC’s (Gulf Agency Company) Group Dry Bulk Development Manager, explores the role of the ship agent in dry bulk operations and gives an interesting perspective on some of the key issues, ...
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NewsWorking together on sustainable connections
Companies, authorities and the Moerdijk Port Authority at the Moerdijk Port and Industrial Estate in the Netherlands, have been working together on sustainable connections since the end of the 1990s, writes Jacco Rentrop, environmental manager at the Moerdijk Port Authority.
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NewsSetting the pace in sustainability
APM Terminals operates a Global Port, Terminal and Inland Services Network. With a wide global reach we take our corporate responsibility very seriously and this also applies to ‘green ports’, for which our goal is to be the industry leader, says Claire Bryant, general manager, Environment, Global HSSE and Csr ...
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NewsPortcentric delivered
PD Ports, owner of Teesport, the Port of Hartlepool and port and logistics facilities throughout the UK, is one of the pioneers of the Portcentric model in the UK. It has the land, the expertise and the commitment to make the model work for a wide range of customers, says ...
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NewsSpecifying dust control for bulk materials handling
Dust suppression has become an increasingly important challenge in bulk materials handling operations. Ports and shipping terminals are now motivated to find efficient, cost-effective methods of particle control, says Edwin Peterson, CEO of Dust Control Technology.
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NewsGenoa Port Environmental Energy Plan
The port of Genoa reduces CO2 emissions by 20,000 tonnes every year thanks to €60m worth of investments in new energies - all part of the goal of the new Port Environmental Energy Plan (PEAP), says Luigi Merlo, President of Genoa Port Authority.
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NewsWeathering the storm
Unforgiving environmental targets have compounded already difficult market conditions to stretch shipping operators to breaking point, but there is a way to tackle both challenges and save money, says Henrik Dahl, co-founder and CTO of Finnish shipping data analytics specialist Eniram.
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NewsMeasuring port environmental performance
As ports around the world embrace the commercial, reputational and environmental benefits that boosting green credentials can bring, the issue of measuring environmental performance is gaining momentum, writes Helena Athoussaki, CEO, Carbon Positive.
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NewsTime to invest in green solutions
Shore-to-ship power is central to helping ports and ships reduce their emissions - as Daniel Radu and Loréne Grandidier from the Shore Connection Team at Schneider Electric Industry investigate.
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NewsSiemens – intermodality for sustainable solutions
In this article, Dr. Padideh Guetzkow Moini from Siemens looks at how in 2009, Siemens’ customers worldwide were able to reduce their CO2 emissions by a total of 210m tonnes using solutions from the Siemens Environmental Portfolio.
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NewsOn the other side of the pond
Dr Robert G Kanter of the Port of Long Beach, California is one of the chief architects of the port’s groundbreaking environmental initiatives – among the most aggressive implemented by any seaport in the world.
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NewsGreen Ports Initiative in Spain
In current times society is becoming more and more sensitised about environmental protection - as Sara Blanco Monge, Systems Engineer at Isdefe explains.
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NewsStockholm Wins Third ESPO Award: Interview
WINNING THE ESPO AWARD on Societal Integration is a tremendous recognition for a European Port for the efforts made to improve its relationship with the city.
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NewsGreen and Effective Operations at Terminals and in Ports
EXISTING AND UPCOMING stricter air quality standards and regulations together with the need to reduce energy consumption are raising ports and terminals'' awareness of their carbon footprint.
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NewsMachinery, Propulsion, Operation and Logistics
IN DENMARK, COMPANIES across the maritime industry have joined forces in a unique cooperation in order to develop strategies to make shipping more green.
