Tag: environment

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Hydrogen test bed for hydrogen-powered port logistics equipment

The CPL parties are cooperating nationwide to conduct research into how hydrogen can be used to supply power to port technology and port logistics. Source: HHLA An innovation cluster is being created to test hydrogen-powered port logistics equipment. Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has established Clean Port & Logistics (CPL), an innovation cluster which aims to… Read more »

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Join the survey to define the concept of the Port of the Future

“Docks the Future Stakeholder Consultation” is 5 minutes survey about the “Port of the Future Vision“: the aim of collecting information is to get industry players’ opinion about the vision of the Port of the Future, since different concepts of Port of the Future may exist. The project indeed focuses on research needed to implement new… Read more »

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GERMAN PORT SETS 2025 DEADLINE FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Niedersachsen Ports has launched an initiative to implement and coordinate a sustainability management system with the aim of ensuring continuous improvement of processes for a sustainable future.   Its ‘Green Port Officer’ (GPO) project across its sites consists of different sustainability measures; changing light sources from traditional halogen lights to low carbon LED lights, e.g…. Read more »

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HHLA PLAYS ITS PART TO MAKE HAMBURG AIR CLEANER

Battery-powered A lithium-ion battery-powered automatic automated guided vehicle (AGV) prototype has been in operation at the CTA since autumn 2016 and has been successfully tested together with an electric charging station. Six of these charging stations have already been installed at Altenwerder and over the coming weeks, 25 lithium-ion battery-powered AGVs will go into operation… Read more »

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TRELLEBORG PRESENTS GREEN SMARTPORT CONCEPT

Trelleborg Marine Systems is stressing the importance of ‘hyper-collaboration’ to improve safety, efficiency and sustainability of operations for green smart ports of the future. The global mooring specialist will discuss the technologies that are available, how they can be used in practice and how they might evolve going forward, at the upcoming Green Maritime Forum… Read more »

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Rotterdam to target CO2 emissions

The port authority said that emissions need to fall by 95% by 2050 to ensure adherence to the Paris Climate Agreement. Rotterdam’s marine transport contributes 21.5m tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions each year, that’s according to figures presented at the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s Energy in Transition Summit 2018. The summit revealed that marine… Read more »