The Pacific Northwest Port’s of Seattle, Tacoma and Port Metro Vancouver, Canada, will set draft goals to reduce diesel emissions by 75 percent per ton of cargo by 2015 and 80 percent come 2020.
The chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has this week claimed that the cost to shipping of impending legislation to protect the environment could cost the industry as much as half a trillion US dollars between 2015 and 2025.
The Port of Los Angeles has announced the development of an Energy Management Action Plan (E-MAP) initiative designed to improve energy efficiency at America’s busiest container port, which will include the nation’s largest port energy assessment.
The Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) has announced that it has established the Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) – a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to help enhance the safety and best practices in the use of LNG as a marine fuel.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has this week unanimously approved a new energy policy in a bid to secure a more sustainable and resilient supply of power as demand continues to grow at the Californian port.
Royal HaskoningDHV has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to supervise the expansion of Tanjung Priok – Indonesia’s largest container port.
The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) moved a step closer this week following the decision of the South Carolina Savannah River Maritime Commission to approve the settlement of a lawsuit it, along with three environmental, had issued in opposition of the project.
Konecranes, the Finnish crane manufacturer, has delivered its first busbar-powered, fully-electric Rubber-Tyred-Gantry (RTG) crane to EVYAP Port, Turkey.
Squamish Terminals (SQT), a British Columbia deep-water, break-bulk terminal, is the latest to participant in the Green Marine initiative, the largest voluntary environmental program for the maritime industry.
Port of Seattle has signed-on as a participant in Green Marine, the largest voluntary environmental program for the maritime industry in North America.
