Main initiatives and strategies for green ports

• Compliance with legislations and regulations

• Environmental management systems and certification
• Incentive schemes
• Access regulation
• Technology adoption
• Collaboration with stakeholders
• Energy strategy
 Compliance with legislations and regulations
---International regulations
• IMO
 MARPOL (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships) (1973, 1978,
1997)
 BWM: Ballast Water Management
 IMO global shipping low sulphur cap 2020: new MARPOL Annex VI fuel regulation
 The regulation caps the sulphur content in bunker fuel to 0.5% for all commercial shipping vessels, down from
current 3.5% (except for Emission Control Areas).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70nkQYj-83I
 Emission Control Areas (ECAs); Sulphur ECAs
 IMDG (International Maritime Dangerous Goods) Code

• IMO current focus: improve energy efficiency of shipping to reduce CO2 and GHG
emissions
Environmental management systems (EMS) and certification
• Certification: the confirmation of certain characteristics of the organisation through
external review, evaluation, assessment and audit e.g. ISO 14001: Environmental
Management System
• EMS is a management system addressing and minimizing the impacts of an
organization’s activities and products and services on the environment
• The Plan-Do-Check-Act model