National Centre of Excellence in Green Ports and Shipping

A collaborative platform between Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

National Centre of Excellence in Green Ports and Shipping

A collaborative platform between Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

National Centre of Excellence in Green Ports and Shipping

A collaborative platform between Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
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Cochin Shipyard Bags European Order For Wind Farm Service Operation Vessel

31st-Jan-2024 | Source: The Hindu Business Line

Cochin Shipyard Limited secures international order for hybrid Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for offshore wind renewables, enhancing its position in sustainable energy solutions. Cochin Shipyard Limited has bagged an international order with a European client for construction of hybrid Service Operation Vessels (‘SOVs’) for the offshore wind renewables market, with an option for one more. With attention turning towards sustainable and green energy solutions, there is a large global focus on the development of offshore renewable energy segment. The hybrid Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) are the workhorse of the growing.

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Charting The Global Economy: Red Sea Causes The Biggest Diversion Of International Trade In Decades

28th-Jan-2024 | Source: The Economic Times

While the ECB repeated that maintaining a record-high 4% deposit rate for sufficiently long will make a “substantial contribution” to taming inflation, traders priced in a 90% chance of a reduction in April. The Bank of Japan also held the line on its negative interest-rate policy. In the US, falling inflation helped power consumer spending at the end of 2023. That boosted fourth-quarter economic growth by more than forecast. Two months of missile, drone and hijacking attacks against civilian ships in the Red Sea have caused the biggest diversion of international trade in decades, pushing up costs for shippers as far away as Asia and North America.

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Maersk Unveils New Methanol-powered Container Ship

26th-Jan-2024 | Source: The Economic Times

The Copenhagen-based firm unveiled the 350-meter-long container ship named Ane Maersk in the shipyard of Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. in Ulsan city on Thursday. It will be operational by February and is the world’s first large container ship powered by green methanol that can traverse long distances across oceans. The vessel has capacity for 16,592 twenty-foot-equivalent-unit containers about 29,000 African elephants, according to the company and will sail routes between China, other Asian nations, the Middle East and Europe. -or Shipping firms worldwide are racing to overhaul their fleets as pressure intensifies, including from major customers like Amazon.com Inc.

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China Wants To Make More Than Half Of World’s Green Ships By 2025

30th-Dec-2023 | Source: Maritime Gateway

China has set ambitious goals to lead the global shift toward greener shipping, aiming to build over half of the world’s ships using environmentally friendly fuels by 2025. The recommendations issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology should have specified the number of vessels to be built. Still, they highlighted China’s commitment to creating ships powered by lower-carbon alternatives such as liquefied natural gas and methanol. This project is consistent with Beijing’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2060. The guidelines underscore the need for ship engine innovation, emphasising improving the efficiency of both conventional fuel and LNG marine engines.

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Shipping Min, World Bank, Cochin Shipyard Discuss Green Initiatives

05th-Dec-2023 | Source: Maritime Gateway

The discussions revolved around the proposed scheme focusing on financing, construction and rolling out of green vessel initiatives along with the development of supporting infrastructure for the same. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), along with the World Bank and Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), discussed issues related to financing, construction, and rolling out of green vessel initiatives in Kochi. These initiatives are in line with the government’s policy of the maritime sector playing an instrumental role and paving the way for India to set sail towards green sustainability transportation, the statement said.

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PM Modi Might Sail To COP28 On A Green Ship

06th-Nov-2023 | Source: Maritime Gateway

Rumours have it that to attend the COP28 meet, PM Modi might travel on the green ammonia-fuelled ship of the Australian mining giant, Fortescue. It is reported that Prime Minister Modi might be on-board the Dubai-bound, green ammonia-fuelled ship of the Australian mining giant, Fortescue, to attend the COP28 meet. Hints to that effect have been dropped by Fortescue’s Executive Chairman, Dr Andrew Forrest. “That is what he (Modi) is saying,” Forrest said when asked if the Prime Minister would be on the ship that will call on Dubai port during the upcoming COP28 climate negotiations.

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ET Soonicorns Summit 2023: Key Highlights of ‘ET 50 Future Unicorns of Karnataka' and 'ET 50 Emerging Maritime Startups of India' Reports Launched at the Bengaluru Edition

23-Sep-2023 | Source: The Economic Times

India’s maritime sector is central to the nation’s economy, spanning ports, shipping, and waterways that link it globally. With a coastline extending over 7,500 kilometres and maritime trade constituting roughly 95% of India’s total trade volume, its significance is undeniable. In the digital age, this legacy is morphing into a dynamic, technologically-driven industry through the symbiotic interaction of startups and digitization. India’s maritime ecosystem, including major ports such as Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port, plays a vital role in this transformation. Startups are at the forefront, leveraging technology to boost efficiency and sustainability while reducing costs.

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Green Ports will Lead Maritime Sector, Says HSL Senior Advisor in Visakhapatnam

29-Aug-2023 | Source: The Hindu

R.Sreenivas senior advisor Rear Admiral of Hindustan Shipyard Ltd said that green ports would be leading the maritime sector, according to release here by Super Computing Consortium of India (SCCI). he presented the case study of ongoing efforts towards creating green ports by Hindustan Shipyard, Visakhapatnam. A key component of green ports is the use of electric tugs in ports. Gopi Kumar Bulusu, Chair at SCCI, estimated that over the next five to 10 years around 50 such tugs are needed in Visakhapatnam alone and the national demand is well above 1,000 tugs. The market for these exceeds ₹1.0 trillion over the 10 year period.

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India’s Proposed Green Ports Policy: A Step Towards Sustainable Transportation

12-May-2023 | Source: The CSR Journal

India is taking a big step towards reducing its carbon footprint in the transportation sector through its proposed Green Ports Policy. This policy is geared towards making India’s ports more sustainable while promoting the adoption of cleaner energy sources for trucks. The policy also has ambitious targets for increasing green cover and electrification levels at ports. The aim is to increase the green belt by over 20% by 2030 and by 33% by 2047. This move is aimed at capturing fugitive emissions and attenuating the noise generated in the port surroundings.
Another important target is to electrify vehicles and equipment at ports. 

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Green Port Policy Soon With Focus on Carbon Neutrality

28-Mar-2023 | Source: The Economic Times

The policy defined the parameters for green port categorisation besides incentives for undertaking the transition toward less polluting fuels and improving efficiency to lower overall emissions. Indian ports are already proposing to reduce carbon emissions per ton of cargo handled by 30% by 2030. India will soon roll out a green port policy to encourage local ports to adopt emerging global standards on carbon neutrality, helping attain the broader long-term national goal of net zero emissions.

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Share of Renewable Energy in Ports to Increase By 60%: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal

21-Feb-2023 | Source: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Across major ports of India, the MoPSW has undertaken green initiatives in the major ports so that their environmental performance can be improved. The green port initiatives include the acquisition of equipment for monitoring environmental pollution, acquisition of dust suppression systems, setting up projects for energy generation from renewable energy sources, providing shore power to ships at berths, taking actions to improve harbour water quality among other initiatives. As envisaged in the National Hydrogen Mission, the Ministry has identified and nominated Paradip Port, Deendayal Port and V.O. Chidambaram Port for developing them as Hydrogen Hubs.

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Mar 2023

Green Port Policy Soon With Focus on Carbon Neutrality

Author(s):

Twesh Mishra

The policy defined the parameters for green port categorisation besides incentives for undertaking the transition toward less polluting fuels and improving efficiency to lower overall emissions. Indian ports are already proposing to reduce carbon emissions per ton of cargo handled by 30% by 2030. India will soon roll out a green port policy to encourage local ports to adopt emerging global standards on carbon neutrality, helping attain the broader long-term national goal of net zero emissions.

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Feb 2023

Share of Renewable Energy in Ports to Increase By 60%: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal

Author(s):

PIB Delhi

Across major ports of India, the MoPSW has undertaken green initiatives in the major ports so that their environmental performance can be improved. The green port initiatives include the acquisition of equipment for monitoring environmental pollution, acquisition of dust suppression systems, setting up projects for energy generation from renewable energy sources, providing shore power to ships at berths, taking actions to improve harbour water quality among other initiatives.

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May 2023

India’s Proposed Green Ports Policy: A Step Towards Sustainable Transportation

Author(s):

The CSR Journal

This study established a shipping supply chain system composed of two ports and one shipping company in order to analyse the impact of carbon tax on the shipping supply chain, and to optimize the decision-making of government, ports and shipping companies. Through three-level Stackelberg game of four models including ports cooperating or not cooperating with each other, and carbon tax levied on ports or the shipping company…

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Sep 2023

"ET Soonicorns Summit 2023: Key Highlights of ‘ET 50 Future Unicorns of Karnataka' and 'ET 50 Emerging Maritime Startups of India' Reports Launched at the Bengaluru Edition "

Author(s):

Swati Mittal

India’s maritime sector is central to the nation’s economy, spanning ports, shipping, and waterways that link it globally. With a coastline extending over 7,500 kilometres and maritime trade constituting roughly 95% of India’s total trade volume, its significance is undeniable. In the digital age, this legacy is morphing into a dynamic, technologically-driven industry through the symbiotic interaction of startups and digitization.
India’s maritime ecosystem, including major ports such as Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port, plays a vital role in this transformation.

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Aug 2023

Green Ports will Lead Maritime Sector, Says HSL Senior Advisor in Visakhapatnam

Author(s):

The Hindu Bureau

R.Sreenivas senior advisor Rear Admiral of Hindustan Shipyard Ltd said that green ports would be leading the maritime sector, according to release here by Super Computing Consortium of India (SCCI). he presented the case study of ongoing efforts towards creating green ports by Hindustan Shipyard, Visakhapatnam. A key component of green ports is the use of electric tugs in ports. Gopi Kumar Bulusu, Chair at SCCI, estimated that over the next five to 10 years around 50 such tugs are needed in Visakhapatnam alone and the national demand is well above 1,000 tugs. The market for these exceeds ₹1.0 trillion over the 10 year period.

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