The Blue Visby Solution (“BVS”) represents a novel approach to the largest systemic carbon inefficiency in shipping, the operational practice of Sail Fast Then Wait (SFTW), which is responsible for about 20% of the carbon footprint…
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Ports Australia – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Guidance for Ports
Ports Australia’s Climate Change and Decarbonisation sub-committee identified an important understanding gap within Australia’s port sector: the absence of national, port-specific guidance on GHG emissions inventories. Recognising the need for a unified approach, Ports Australia engaged…
NSW Ports – Investing in Community
One of four strategic priorities in our 2022 Sustainability Strategy is to ‘Support Thriving Communities’. We understand that our ability to create value over the long term is predicated on our social license to operate and…
NSW Ports – Offshore wind energy hub
In 2023 NSW Ports released concept plans for a large-scale port facility at the Port Kembla Outer Harbour which demonstrate how the port can be used to support the rapidly emerging offshore wind industry over the…
NSW Ports – Seafarer Vaccination Program
Today, there are more than 1.6 million seafarers who work on merchant ships worldwide – many of whom spent more than 12 months on ships during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic when health protocols restricted…
NSW Ports – Sustainable anchoring practices
Since 2018, we have been collaborating with the University of Wollongong (UOW) to map and assess the impact of offshore anchoring practices off Port Kembla. The project is utilizing sophisticated monitoring techniques, including towed and baited…
Ports Australia – Ports and a Sustainable Australia
Ports Australia has endeavoured through this project to explore, promote and unify the priceless work Australian ports are undertaking in the scope of sustainability. Considering what a sustainable future looks like through the lens of the...
Port consortium – NEPTUNES project
Complaints about noise from seagoing vessels at berth are increasingly becoming an environmental issue. To achieve sustainable port development and operations there is a desire to reduce the problem of noise pollution.