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…
Port: Yokohama
Port of Yokohama – Port Decarbonization Plan; 121 public and private partnerships projects
In March 2025, the Port and Harbor Bureau, City of Yokohama developed the “Port and Harbor Decarbonization Plan.” In formulating this plan, Yokohama City established a council of 29 companies to discuss its progress. The council…
Port of Yokohama – Sustainable Finance Framework
The city of Yokohama is working to become a Carbon-Neutral Port (CNP) in corporation with the national government and the private sector to reach its overarching target of net zero by 2050. To achieve this goal,…
Port of Yokohama – Exploring the utilization of battery tankers
In March 2024, the Government approved a draft amendment to “the Act on Promoting the Utilization of Sea Areas for the Development of Marine Renewable Energy Power Generation Facilities” that would expand the location of offshore…
Port of Yokohama – Survey on hydrogen utilization for a carbon neutral port
The City of Yokohama, Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation, and Yokohama Port Corporation passed NEDO’s ((New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan) review and conducted together a…
Port of Yokohama – Hydrogen Supply Chain Joint Study
On 26 Nov 2021, Yokohama Mayor YAMANAKA Takeharu announced that Yokohama has concluded a memorandum with ENEOS Corporation to conduct a study on a potential business collaboration for the development of a hydrogen supply chain in...
Port of Yokohama – Container Fast Pass (CONPAS)
The number of containers handled in ports has significantly increased due to ever-larger containerships, which caused significant land-side congestion at container terminal (CT) gates. A range of peaks and off-peaks of container handling operations at CT...
Port of Yokohama – LNG bunkering
The Port of Yokohama is actively looking at LNG as means of compliance with the 2020 IMO regulations on marine fuels and SOx emissions. The port has welcomed in 2015 the first LNG fueled tugboat “Sakigake”...