A European maritime authority has reported improved air quality but has stressed there is support for more stringent emissions regulations....

The mooring of cruise vessels at the Port of Tallinn is set to become easier and faster with the promise of a new rope-free automated mooring system....

The president of the North Adriatic Sea Port Authority (NAPA) has called for European ports to gather to discuss the economic and environmental impact of the cruise industry and to draw up guidelines for a new sustainable approach to maritime tourism....

Carnival Corporation has launched an ‘Advanced Air Quality Systems’ website to highlight the benefit of using scrubbers to meet the IMO’s 0.5% 2020 sulphur limit and support sustainable operations in ports and the global shipping industry....

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....

European ports are a strategic partner in achieving Europe’s climate and environmental goals, says ESPO Secretary General Isabelle Ryckbost...

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....

The world’s first zero-emission battery-electric top handlers will be tested at a California container terminal as part of a port’s drive for clean cargo-handling operations....

A port in Scotland has invested in a new machine to help it control and minimise its dust emissions from agri-bulk operations....

DP World has made an eco-efficient equipment order to help it lower emissions at a terminal in India....

A container terminal in Lithuania aims to reduce its noise pollution and emissions with an order for two Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes capable of fully electric operation....

A DP World container terminal in Belgium is boosting its eco-efficiency by electrifying a mobile harbour crane....

A hull cleaning company is now offering its robotic services in Belgian ports for the first time....

A UK port authority believes that the creation of free ports could help new energy developments to prosper....

Four ports are part of an alliance of more than 60 organisations aiming to have commercially viable zero-emission vessels powered by zero-emission fuels operating along deep sea trade routes by 2030, leading to shipping’s complete decarbonisation....

A port coastline in Jamaica recently received a major clean-up as part of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) on 21 September....

A climate change study which aims to reduce shoreline erosion caused by waves has been launched at a US port....

Partners and collaborators on an international project to explore the implementation of hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell technologies in ships and ports have met to share progress so far....

Changing trading patterns, slowing down ships, developing zero carbon fuel cells and reorganising businesses have all been proposed as strategies to reduce carbon emissions from the port and shipping industries....