The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways on Wednesday launched the “Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines, aimed at getting zero carbon emissions by promoting eco friendly practices in port development, operation, and maintenance. The guidelines stress the use of clean and green energy, such as green hydrogen, green ammonia, green methanol/ethanol, to reduce carbon emissions over defined timelines The goal of the guidelines is to minimize waste through reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle to achieve zero waste discharge from port operations while promoting monitoring based on Environmental Performance Indicators. Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, launched the guidelines on in the company of Union minister of state for ports, shipping and waterways and tourism, Shripad Y. Naik, and other officials.