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Port of LA becomes first US port to reward ‘greener’ ships

08 May 2012 - Environment , Ports, Los Angeles / Long Beach, Shipping

The Port of Los Angeles has become the first US port to adopt an international clean air program that rewards ocean carriers for bringing their newest and cleanest vessels to the port.
APM Terminals agrees $1.3 million contract for RTG Conversion at Laem Chabang

08 May 2012 - Environment , Terminal Handling, Rubber-Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs)

APM Terminals has agreed a US$1.3 million contract with Conductix-Wampfler for the electrification of Rubber-Tire Gantry (RTG) cranes at the Port of Laem Chabang’s LCB Container Terminal 1 Ltd. (LCB1).
WÄrtsilÄ Hamworthy to install world’s largest multi-stream scrubber

27 Apr 2012 - Environment

Wärtsillä Hamworthy has announced that it has reached an agreement with Wilh. Wilhelmsen to retrofit their vessel MV Tamesis with a Krystallon Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (EGCS).
Emission standards the focus of RORO 2012

24 Apr 2012 - Cargo volumes and throughput, RoRo & Passengers, Environment , Shipping

The ro-ro industry will convene in Gothenburg next month for RORO 2012, with a new look and a focus on the environmental issues affecting the business.
TT Club hit hard by costly natural disasters

17 Apr 2012 - Environment , Port Planning

The TT Club, the freight transport and logistics insurer, recorded a fall in net income of over 90 percent during the 2011 calendar year, when compared to the previous year, following a record number of catastrophic claims.
First truck replaced under Boston’s Clean-Truck program

13 Apr 2012 - Environment , Port Planning

The Massachusetts Port Authority has announced that the first truck under its new Clean-Truck program has been purchased and is now in service.
Control Technique installs diesel saving system on 12 RTGs at Felixstowe Port

04 Apr 2012 - Environment , Terminal Handling, Rubber-Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs)

Emerson's Control Techniques has announced that it has recently installed its diesel saving system on a total of 12 rubber tyre gantry cranes (RTGs) at the Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port.
Gamesa planning to use Leith Port as its UK manufacturing base

26 Mar 2012 - Environment , Port Planning

Gamesa, Spain’s largest wind-turbine manufacturer, has announced its intention to pursue an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Leith Port to turn the Scottish facility into a offshore wind energy hub.
NYK to reduce carbon emissions with installation of onboard communication system

14 Mar 2012 - Environment , Shipping

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) has decided to introduce an onboard broadband communication system on all its containerships to help reduce the fleet’s carbon emissions during operations.
LA Port’s harbor tour boat to be retrofitted with hybrid propulsion system

09 Feb 2012 - Environment , Ports, Los Angeles / Long Beach

The Port of Los Angeles has been given the green light from the U.S. Coast Guard to install a hybrid propulsion system on its 42-year-old harbor tour boat, the Angelena II.
Canada’s Neptune Terminals joins Green Marine Environmental program

06 Feb 2012 - Environment , Port Planning

Neptune Terminals has become the first West Coast terminal to join the Green Marine Environmental program.
Port of Antwerp publishes its first ever sustainability report

06 Feb 2012 - Environment

The Port of Antwerp has published its first ever sustainability report which focuses on the efforts made to help improve the management of its environmental, economic and labor activities.
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