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  A new competitive and eco-friendly maritime transport concept, the Cargo Ferry project, was presented in Oslo. The result of more than two years of work, the concept has been developed as an alternative transport solution for containers that are carried for more than 200km on land. The project was presented on board Nor Line's brand-new LNG fuelled ship, the M/S Kvitbjørn. The report presents a logistics solution, concept ship and market analysis, while also documenting the Cargo Ferry's potential profitability. A group of 27 companies with interests and expertise in short sea shipping, led by DNV GL, Shortsea Services and Marintek, have cooperated to develop the report. Moving long distance truck cargo off the roads The main market for the Cargo Ferry concept is goods that are currently transported on trucks for long distances to and from coastal Norwegian towns. After conducting extensive customer analyses and interviews, the project has identified this market as covering some 17-20 million tonnes of goods each year. "The analyses show there is a significant potential market for a maritime-based logistics solution," says Remi Eriksen, DNV GL Group Executive Vice President and COO. The Cargo Ferry concept offers transport to and from destinations that ...

Although shipping is the cleanest form of transport, it’s not quite perfect. Cargill is a member of several groups that promote sustainability on the high seas  Recently, Cargill became the first player in the industry to publicly commit to staying away from the crafts that cause the most pollution. Cargill Ocean Transportation doesn’t own any vessels, but it does charter over 500 of them, making it one of the biggest players in the sector.  “Charterers will play an increasingly significant role in defining how the shipping industry integrates sustainability into strategy and operations,” said Alastair Fischbacher, the director of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative. “Demonstrating how shipping can strengthen, not compromise, their customers’ supply chains has the potential to become an increasingly powerful commercial tool.” According to Anda Cristescu, global operations manager for Cargill OT, integrating sustainability into the company’s business isn’t just the right thing for people and the environment – it also makes business sense. “We want to be successful in the long term, protecting the people who work on our vessels and the environment at the same time. Choosing the vessels that meet high safety and environment targets allows us to do just that,” said Cristescu. Cargill started chartering ...

  Hosted by Copenhagen Malmö Port, the 10 th GreenPort Congress, incorporating the 3 rd GreenPort Cruise Conference will take place at the DBI-byen Hotel, Copenhagen from the 6-9 October 2015. Conference themes for the 10 th GreenPort Congress will include a wide range of issues relating to the environmental strategy of ports in a tough environment, the impact of regulations and the on-going development and introduction of new equipment and technology to reduce the environmental impact of port operations. The 3 rd GreenPort Cruise Conference will focus on the impacts the increase in cruise passenger numbers is having on ports, cruise lines and service providers to the sector. Provisional topics to be covered in the 10 th GreenPort Congress include the following: Trends in the Port industry’s environmental strategy: How to maintain a green strategy in a tough economic climate How to meet changing legislation Challenges and solutions: new environmental targets, measurements Best practice relating to noise, waste, climate change, port hinterland buffer zones, hinterland infrastructure Changing expectations of a “green” port: the view of the stakeholders: Ship-owners/Ship operators; Logistics providers; Terminal operators; Shippers; Cruise Line; Local community; Environmental NGOs Co-operation projects and industrial symbiosis, port planning for efficient ...

  The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), a coalition of companies from across the global shipping industry focused on uniting commercial growth with sustainable behaviours, has released a new report, ‘Signals of Change’, that explores the potential impact of emerging technology, policy and behaviours on the future of sustainable shipping. The report was developed in partnership with Forum for the Future through its Futures Centre digital platform, as part of an ongoing initiative to collectively track innovations and respond to signals of change in the shipping industry. Among the 15 developments highlighted in the report, three unifying themes emerged from the analysis, which could evolve to have a significant impact on shipping. These are: managing the demands and dynamics of ocean governance the changing requirements of shipping industry leaders, and the re-shaping of supply chains due to manufacturing developments.   Despite the immediate challenges facing shipping, to ensure that the industry is robust, dynamic and profitable in the future, it is important to step back and evaluate how the global innovations that are either outside of, or adjacent to shipping, could have an impact on the sector”, commented Alastair Fischbacher, Chief Executive, The Sustainable Shipping Initiative. “We live in a world ...

Port of Amsterdam has joined the Clean Shipping Platform as a new partner. Van der Weide: "We are committed to being a sustainable port. Joining this platform will enable us to share and gain knowledge and experience at an early stage and to promote and encourage making the maritime sector sustainable." Martin Dorsman, Director of the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners KVNR and Chairman of the Clean Shipping Platform, is pleased that Port of Amsterdam has joined the platform: "Ports play a key role in facilitating and promoting clean shipping and we are consequently proud that Port of Amsterdam wants to contribute actively to this process." About Clean Shipping Platform The objective of the Clean Shipping Platform, which was established in 2007, is to bring about a broadly-based exchange of knowledge and experience that could help reduce emissions. This aim is achieved by promoting partnership and knowledge-sharing with respect to the application of emission-reducing technologies. For this purpose the platform organises three to four seminars on current environmental themes within sea shipping each year. In addition to Port of Amsterdam, the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners KVNR, Netherlands Maritime Technology, TNO, MARIN, the North Sea Foundation and Port of Rotterdam are ...

The Research Vessel Heincke, one of the ships operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), recently received three new main engines. With the addition of particle filters and downstream exhaust-gas filter systems, the ship is now both more economical and environmentally friendlier. The 54.5-metre-long Heincke has been in service since 1990, and until recently was still running on its original engines. “The engines were essentially worn out and were no longer economical, because they burnt too much fuel and were starting to produce more and more costs for maintenance and replacement parts,” explains Marius Hirsekorn, the Logistics Coordinator for the AWI’s research vessels. In response to this problem, the ship has now been refitted with three new MAN diesel engines rated at 532 kW, essentially matching the output of the original equipment (KHD-MWM TDB-604 L 6 engines rated at 525 kW). “In addition, we’ve now equipped each engine with a particle filter and downstream aftertreatment system,” explains the AWI logistician. The engine exhaust is filtered using an SCR system, in which a catalyst is used to remove the nitrogen oxides. Since the original design didn’t offer sufficient room for these additions, the entire ...

Hong Kong has recorded a continuous improvement in its overall air quality. The Government will introduce more measures and keep on monitoring the situation.  Chief Executive CY Leung announced the green measures in his new Policy Address, including the new legislation that requires ocean-going vessels at berth in Hong Kong to switch to low-sulphur diesel.   Low emission zones will be set up in Causeway Bay, Central and Mong Kok at the end of this year where franchised bus companies can deploy only low-emission buses. Franchised bus companies will try out single-deck electric buses in mid-2015.  The Government is working with Guangdong authorities to explore the feasibility of requiring ocean-going vessels berthing at ports in the Pearl River Delta to switch to cleaner fuel, in addition to a plan to allocate $150 million to extend the Cleaner Production Partnership Programme to encourage Hong Kong-owned factories in Guangdong to adopt cleaner production technologies.  On promoting the sustainable development of the recycling industry, the Government will introduce a Recycling Fund, while the steering committee to promote the recycling industry's sustainable development will continue to explore and formulate complementary measures.  It will also introduce legislative proposals to implement a producer responsibility scheme on waste ...

The EU's TEN-T Programme will invest almost €600,000 in a study for the promotion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) use in Greek maritime transport. The greener and cheaper LNG could contribute to reducing transport emissions and fuel supply costs in the Aegean Sea.  The study aims to promote LNG for the passenger and shipping transport between the Greek islands. It will bring together a number of key LNG value chain stakeholders with the objective to identify the technical and economic framework for LNG as marine fuel in the South Aegean. Specifically, the group will look into the main supply chain options, required retrofits and infrastructure in ports, ships and shipyards, as well as business plans for each operator.  The project will provide recommendations to the Greek government in view of supporting the legislative process in this field.  The project was selected for EU funding with the assistance of external experts under the TEN-T Annual Call 2013, priority 'Decarbonisation/oil substitution or environmental cost reduction'. Its implementation will be monitored  by INEA, the European Commission's Innovation and Networks Executive Agency.  The project is to be completed by December 2015. Source: INEA EuropaIn the origin, I was open with you propecia before and after ...

CMA CGM Group announced that the CMA CGM LITANI was delivered on December 3rd, 2014 in China. The CMA CGM LITANI (10,622 TEUs) is the third of a series of 28 vessels from 9400 TEUs to 10 900 TEUs, vessels which will be delivered from now to the third quarter of 2016. Last June, the Group received the delivery of the first vessel of this series: the CMA CGM DANUBE. Each vessel of this one-of-a-kind series will be named after a famous river of the world. In line with the sustainable development policy of the Group, the CMA CGM LITANI is equipped with all the latest environmental technologies which significantly reduce its C02 emissions, as well as the Group’s carbon footprint. More particularly, it is equipped with new bulbous bow shapes improving the hydrodynamics of the vessel at a speed of 16 to18 knots. CMA CGM LITANI is also equipped with: An electronically controlled long stroke engine with an exhaust gas bypass system offering the best in fuel consumption A twisted leading edge rudder with bulb A ballast water treatment system Sailing under the Malta flag, it is result of collaboration between the Chinese shipyards NTS, CIMC group and the ...