World – Page 93
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UK cuts will have repercussions
The UK’s present policy toward public bodies will have repercussions for ports and coastal environments. It’s not that there’s no need for a trim, but some of these bodies provide near irreplaceable services.
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Award for HPUK
Hutchison Ports UK Ltd (HPUK) is celebrating an award for becoming certified by the Carbon Trust Standard for reducing its carbon emissions by 8.2% between 2007 and 2009.
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Inland ports need to be recognised
The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) has said while it strongly supports the review of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T), the organisation believes that the whole waterway network and all of Europe''s inland ports should be included.
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Santos sees low sulphur fuel trial
The port of Santos has been the test-bed of low sulphur fuel on a containership, which will yield valuable emissions data for the US’ Environmental Protection Agency.
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San Francisco starts cold ironing for cruise
The Port of San Francisco has become the first port in California to provide shoreside power for cruise ships.
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Canada goes for cold ironing
The Government of Canada will invest $2.5m in the Prince Rupert Port Authority’s Fairview Terminal project to provide shore power capacity to container ships.
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LA supports zero-emission vehicles
The Port of Los Angeles is the world’s first port to offer a reduced tariff for zero-emission vehicles imported and exported through the port.
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LNG trucks for California
Twelve LNG terminal tractors have been delivered to a Californian import trucking and distribution company as part of a commitment to the gas fuel.
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NewsDust reduction for Pecem
The first of a new design of dust-reducing mobile hoppers has been installed at the port of Pecem, Brazil, where it will be dealing with traditionally dusty bulk like coal and cement.
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MARAD funding for Great Ships Initiative
Through a cooperative agreement with the Northeast Midwest Institute, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) is providing funding and technical expertise to help upgrade the Great Ships Initiative ballast water treatment technology testing facility in the Duluth-Superior Harbour of Lake Superior.
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LA’s new plan
Los Angeles and Long Beach have approved a new version of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP).
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Port access study for Bering Strait
The US Coast Guard is seeking input from the public to evaluate the need for establishing vessel routing measures in the Bering Strait.
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Dredging for Savannah
The Port of Savannah has received conditional blessing from the US Army Corps of Engineers in relation to the dredging plans to expand the US’s fourth-largest container port. The Corps have judged that the planned mitigation projects around the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge will offset the environmental costs of ...
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Port of Seattle wins environmental award
The Port of Seattle has won a national Green Fleet award recognising its use of alternative fuels including biodiesel, CNG and hybrid vehicles. It is also for its programmes relating to air quality and green practices.
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Zero emission trucks for Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach has entered a deal with Vision Motor Corporation to develop a hydrogen fuel cell/plug-in electric ''on-road'' truck and an electric zero-emission terminal tractor.
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Maryland promises to offset dredging pollution
Maryland Port in Baltimore has promised to offset pollution caused by dredging. The state Department of the Environment is requiring the Port Administration to limit or make up for the nitrogen and phosphorus expected to drain back into the Patapsco River from the dredged material to be placed in ...
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Port rail project gets funding
The Port of Los Angeles has been awarded $16 million toward a rail project that will both reduce pollution and ease congestion.
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NewsSmit and Boskalis sign merger protocol
Royal Boskalis Westminster and Smit International have signed a protocol for a full merger of the two companies. The transaction will be executed through an all cash public offer of €60 exdividend (instead of cum dividend as previously anticipated) by Boskalis for all outstanding shares in Smit.
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ABP's Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Hams Hall inter-modal rail freight terminal near Birmingham has won an Environmental Innovation Award at the 2009 Rail Freight Group Awards held recently in London.
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New Dutch coastline takes shape
The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is proceeding according to plan. Over a quarter of the necessary sand was applied during the last year by contractors’ consortium PUMA. The trailing suction hopper dredgers have started to create two islands in the North Sea. One of these is already over 4 km ...
