Costa Cruises has signed the ‘Genoa Blue Agreement’ requiring ships to use marine gasoil with a sulphur content not exceeding 0.10% by mass before entering the ports of Savona and Genoa....

Ege Port Kuşadası has become the first cruise port in the world to be granted the Ecoports Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certificate for contributing towards the sustainability of the port sector....

The Ports Authority of Rarotonga has begun a carbon assessment programme to reduce emissions. Michele Witthaus finds out what this means for sustainable cruising at the port...

The Port of Dover has presented Princess Cruises’ ‘Pacific Princess’ with its Safety Environment Awareness ‘SEA’ Award....

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has funded an GB£80,000 network of air pollution monitors that will record the effect of emissions locally from cruise ships docking in Greenwich, London this summer....

Plans for LNG infrastructure at Cagliari are part of a much larger programme underway in the Mediterranean, as Valeria Mangarotti explains....

A new study on transport infrastructure charging, due this summer, tackles the thorny question of how to allocate the costs of pollution in European ports. ESPO's Isabelle Ryckbost considers its implications...

Jonathan Simm of HR Wallingford explains how nature-based solutions can help us to see the big picture when building in system resilience...

Stronger, better informed and more agile than ever before, the 2018 citizen is the new influencer in ports, says ESPO Secretary-General Isabelle Ryckbost...

Ports reliant on coal shipments will face price declines, greater competition and restructuring as fossil fuel demand declines, warns a new report....

Shipping will have to reduce its CO2 emissions by at least 50% by 2050. The IMO agreement agreed in April of this year has been considered by many policy makers and many stakeholders, including the ports, as a real milestone, writes Isabelle Ryckbost, secretary general, ESPO....

Asia Pacific ports are focusing more on sustainability due to the maritime industry’s increasingly stringent emissions regulations and mounting concerns over local air pollution, writes Sam Whelan....

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) have taken delivery of Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science’s X-MET8000 handheld XRF analyser as they prepare to enforce the IMO’s MARPOL Annex VI sulphur regulation....

Stevedoring company Ports America has received a Liebherr hybrid mobile harbour crane from the Port of Bremerhaven, Germany for use at the Port of Hueneme....

Sany is developing an electric empty container handler designed to have a low consumption of energy and 10 hours working time when fully charged....

A emission-free Kalmar terminal tractor featuring a Volvo Penta electric driveline has been exhibited at TOC Europe 2019 as Volvo Penta moves further towards its goal of offering electrified power solutions by 2021....

Cabooter Group will be the first Kalmar customer to take a fully electric version of the Kalmar reachstacker into use in 2021....

Liebherr has launched a crane driver elevator with drive technology powered by an electric motor with lithium-ion battery and the ability to recover up to 40% of energy....

A project to reduce the impact of port operations in cities, control emissions from ports and ships and optimise cargo handling in Europe’s main ports has had its first meeting....

The Port of San Diego has approved a new pilot project to develop a cost-effective and eco-friendly cleanup solution to extract and destroy toxic contaminants from sediment, soil and groundwater....

The Port of Vigo in Galicia in Spain has outlined its vision for sustainability focusing on reducing emissions and the creation of a ‘living port’....

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has announced a new partnership with port operator, DP World Southampton, which will see the latter donate £50,000 to support the trust in its efforts to improve the local marine environment....

A new project by Volvo Trucks and DFDS will test the capabilities of an electric, autonomous vehicle in transporting goods efficiently and sustainably from a DFDS logistics centre to an APM Terminals port terminal in Gothenburg, Sweden....

A Jamaican port has collected nearly 300,000 plastic bottles for recycling in one year as the result of its campaign to reduce the impact of its operations on stakeholders and the environment....