World – Page 55
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NewsTaiwan ports group sets tough eco targets
Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) is one of Asia’s port sustainability front-runners. Sam Whelan finds out what’s behind its success
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NewsEmissions-reduction funding for Alabama
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a US$400,000 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program grant to the Alabama State Port Authority, to enable the replacement of one 1982 locomotive with a Tier IV locomotive engine at the Port of Mobile.
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NewsEcological monitoring for Thames project
Thomson Environmental Consultants has been contracted by London Gateway Logistics Park Development Ltd (DP World London Gateway) to undertake ecological monitoring surveys.
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NewsTackling Air Quality Strategy planning
A recent webinar has offered advice and solutions for UK ports developing Air Quality Strategies ahead of the UK government''s December deadline for ports to produce individual strategies.
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NewsPlastic bottles aid Hueneme harbour project
A project to deepen the Port of Hueneme’s harbour will incorporate wharf-stabilising pilings made from recycled plastic bottles.
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NewsAuckland looks to hydrogen power
Ports of Auckland in New Zealand is looking to create its own hydrogen power source as a step towards its ambitious goal to become a zero-emissions port by 2040.
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US$2m for PANYNJ truck replacement
US$2m has been allocated to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to replace up to 80 model year 2006 and older short-haul trucks that service its marine terminals.
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NewsSustainable port development in Ghana
Port development in Africa has continued to gain momentum as countries on the continent launch new constructions or expand and rehabilitate existing ones amid concerns about the true impact of these projects, both on land and on the quality of the marine environment.
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NewsPort operator supports Manila Bay clean-up
Port operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) has said it will support multi-sectoral efforts to clean up Manila Bay.
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NewsFirst UK port climate change role
Shoreham Port has appointed its first director of infrastructure & climate change, the first role of its kind for a UK port.
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NewsValencia’s hydrogen energy project progresses
A project to implement fuel cells and hydrogen technologies in ports, and that aims to make the Port of Valencia the first port in Europe to incorporate hydrogen energy, has had its first internal technical meeting.
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NewsPort Said to tackle oil waste
Ecoslops and the Suez Canal Economic Zone have formed an agreement to establish a collection, reception and treatment unit for maritime oil waste in Egypt’s Port Said to help tackle ship pollution.
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NewsFirst Australasian port joins EcoPorts
Port of Newcastle has become the first port in Australasia to be granted membership of the International EcoPorts network after committing to meeting its global environmental and sustainability standards.
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NewsElectric cranes boost eco German terminal
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has added two extra tracks and two new zero-emission electric rail gantry cranes to its rail terminal at the Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) at the Port of Hamburg..
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NewsFunding for zero-emission hydrogen vehicles
Ports of Auckland (POAL) has been approved for part-funding for the purchase of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from the Government’s Low Emission Vehicles Contestable Fund (LEVCF) to further its plan to build a hydrogen production and refuelling facility at its Waitemata port.
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News€5m CO2 reduction incentive scheme launched
A €5m incentive scheme to promote projects and demonstrations that utilise low-carbon or zero-carbon fuels delivered in Rotterdam’s port area has been launched by the Port of Rotterdam Authority.
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NewsChinese ports require energy consumption data
Ships are now required to report their energy consumption data of their last voyage when entering and leaving Chinese ports.
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NewsKiel cash boost funds shore power
The Port of Kiel is investing more than €30m in port expansion and environmental protection with projects including onshore power.
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NewsFremantle oil spill clean-up under control
A Fremantle Ports-led team has successfully recovered almost all fuel oil which spilled from a ship into the Inner Harbour on 12 January.
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NewsFirst US electric straddle carrier testing
The Port of New York and New Jersey will undertake testing of the first all-electric straddle carrier in the US for the first time at any US port as part of its bid to meet Paris Climate Agreement greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets.
