Ship suppliers must put the environment first, and must be more vigilant about the type and content of shipboard waste they dispose of, the head of the worldâ??s ship supply industry has warned.

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• New port openings and investments, green initiatives for ports and shipping, more drug abuse Busts

    Today\’s media highlights the opening of Melford Terminal in 2012, UAE\’s $23 b investment in seaports, green aproval for Port Botany, cold ironing in Vancouver, ship pollutant controls in North America, and drug busts in Ghana. Read at New port openings and investments, green initiatives for ports and shipping, more

• Make sure you know who supplies your ship

     Ship owners and managers should spend more time checking the validity and ability of suppliers servicing their ships and not just opt for the cheapest price, the President of the International Shipsuppliers & Services Association (ISSA) has warned. Working only… Read at Make sure you know who is supplying your

• China Industrial Waste Management subsidiary Dalian Dongtai a contract with a world-class Shipbuilding Company is located in Dalian

     DALIAN, China, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — China Industrial Waste Management, Inc. (OTC:CIWT) (BULLETIN BOARD: CIWT) (’China Industrial Waste Management’ or the ‘Company’), a leading environmental services and solutions provider in China, announced today that the Company’s 90%-owned subsidiary Dalian Dongtai Industrial Waste Treatment Co., Ltd

• Shipowners face criminal sanctions in the context of EU environmental directives

    Increasingly demanding EU environmental legislation provides criminal penalties for particular activities by shipowners, operators, masters and crew. A recent directive set out the circumstances in which ship-source discharges of polluting substances constitute a criminal offense. In November and December, three more directives are due to be implemented.

• U.S. row

    GREEN campaign group Basel Action Network (BAN) says it thinks two US-flag ships sold by a US company will be scrapped and says that would mean the US would be breaching international law. BAN says one of the ships, the 1979-built, 21,050 dwt ro-ro ex-Pvt James Anderson Jr, sailed from Norfolk,

• Imtech to supply Rainbow Warrior Green Systems

    to supply the entire green technical infrastructure on new Greenpeace flagship Read at Imtech to supply Rainbow Warrior green systems

• To find ways to save ancient industry

     (CBS)  Two years after a study warned that overfishing could cause the world’s seafood stocks to collapse by mid-century, a new report this week has some encouraging news. It found that five of the 10 major fishing areas in the world have taken steps to curb the problem.  READ MORE

• IBIA warns about SECA conflict

    The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has warned that, from July next year, passenger ships operating in European territorial waters could, during the course of one single voyage, be subject to three different limits regulating the amount of sulphur content… Read at IBIA warns over SECA conflict

• Sennebogen 880 D-Series – for maximum performance of large-scale material handling tasks

    With an operating weight of up to 300 t, the Sennebogen 880 models are the heaviest material handling machines in the Green Line. Read at Sennebogen 880 D-Series â?? maximum performance for large-scale material handling tasks

• Global Investment Group in toxic equivalents ship row

    A global investment group is at the centre of a toxic ship row after the UK Environment Agency barred a tanker ship from leaving port on suspicion it was to be illegally dismantled. Staff at the London offices of US-based Fortress Investment Group were served with a ‘stop notice’ preventing them

• World Maritime Day goes green

    Marking the 32nd celebration of World Maritime Day, this year’s theme, ‘Climate Change: a challenge for IMO too’ is grounding home the key environmental issues and responsibilities facing the shipping industry. Addressing the international maritime community in acknowledgment of the… Read at World Maritime Day goes green

• Commission Considers $ 9 million U.S. dollar investment in air quality

    The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners will today consider investing nearly $9 million in incentives to boost participation in its Green Flag air quality program, and increase the use of trains to move import and export cargo containers. Read at Commission considers $9 million dollar investment in air quality

• HPUK is a deep shade of green

    Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited (â??HPUKâ??) has pledged to reduce its carbon footprint. The Port of Felixstowe, Harwich International Port and London Thamesport have signed up to the 10:10 initiative; a national drive to cut the UKâ??s carbon emissions by 10% during 2010. Read at HPUK goes a deeper shade of green

• Solar innovator as one of the top 10 of Canada cleantech companies

    Carmanah Technologies has been named one of Canadaâ??s top green technology companies on Corporate Knights Cleantech 10â?¢ list, published at the end of October. Read at Solar innovator named one of Canadaâ??s top 10 Cleantech companies

• Wilhelmsen Ships Service takes to the wind

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service is facilitating one of the largest new green energy projects in the world, handling all the ships agency calls for the main contractor to the Belwind Project, a large-scale wind farm to be constructed on the Blight… Read at Wilhelmsen Ships Service takes to the wind