New Initiatives
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Time 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. 03 Apr 2012 - GreenPort
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Siemens – 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. 13 Mar 2012 - GreenPort
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On 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. 06 Mar 2012 - GreenPort
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Green 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. 28 Feb 2012 - GreenPort
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Green 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. 31 Jan 2012 - GreenPort
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Machinery, 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. 17 Jan 2012 - GreenPort
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Port Engineering Studies
CHANGING A BERTHING facility or constructing a port is a decision with a wide-ranging impact on economy as well as on the surrounding environment. For a number of Swedish ports, simulation is a cornerstone in providing objective evidence of safety before new or larger tonnage arrives. 21 Dec 2011 - GreenPort
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Transnational network for multimodal transport
Watermode is an EU territorial cooperation project lead by the Venice Port Authority - it is aimed at promoting better coordination between public stakeholders. 20 Dec 2011 - GreenPort
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The Catastrophe is forecase to be...
ONLY FEW PEOPLE will be able to forget the recent oil spill that took place in the Gulf of Mexico by the giant British Petroleum. 28 Sep 2011 - GreenPort
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Sea2Cradle: A balanced act
IT HAS TAKEN a long time for ‘the greenest way of transportation’ to catch up on the green awareness of modern society. 27 Sep 2011 - GreenPort
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CMA CGM Group's fight against Climate Change
CMA CGM GROUP is the world’s third largest container shipping company and is ranked number one in France. 26 Sep 2011 - GreenPort
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(Green Ships + Green Ports) = Sustainable Shipping
How green port facilities are an essential part in the puzzle of sustainable shipping. 23 Sep 2011 - GreenPort
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Taking Sustainability as an important aspect of competition
AS HAMBURG WILL play host to this year’s 6th GreenPort Congress, where port industry, academia and policy-making executives will meet to learn about and discuss the latest in sustainable environmental practice, GreenPort Magazine would like to give the word to the big chief of Hamburg Port Authority, Jens Meier. 22 Sep 2011 - GreenPort
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Cargotec envisages game-changing 'Port 2060'
WITNESSING CARGOTEC’S COMMITMENT to support future generations of container terminal operators, the company recently launched the ‘Port 2060’ project, which aims to imagine how the container industry might evolve over the next 50 years as a result of what Cargotec envisages will be ‘game-changing’ technologies. 21 Sep 2011 - GreenPort
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Dover's focus on efficiency
WITHIN A PORT context, ‘efficiency’ is usually a word associated with operational rather than environmental management, but it has been the mantra used to deliver real carbon savings at the Port of Dover. 20 Sep 2011 - GreenPort
