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Green Marine Participants Continue to Advance Their Environmental Performance
Green Marine unveiled its participants’ environmental performance results for the year 2015 during its GreenTech 2016 conference last week in Québec city.
The data show Green Marine participants maintained an overall average of 3.2 on a 1-to-5 scale, with Level 1 indicating monitoring of regulations and Level 5 reflecting excellence and leadership. Participants include ship owners, port authorities, Seaway corporations, terminal owners and shipyard operators.
Participants must undergo external verification every two years. Individual results are published annually. The voluntary program’s 12 performance indicators address environmental issues such as air pollution emissions, greenhouse gases, aquatic invasive species, waste management and community impacts.
"Improving from an average of 2 in 2008 to 3.2 in 2015 is no small feat," said Green Marine Executive Director David Bolduc, who noted that the program has augmented its criteria every year. Ports and terminals, for instance, have a new performance indicator this year: waste management.
Green Marine membership has tripled to 103 from just 34 when the program began in 2007. Port Canaveral became its 100th participant this past February.
Green Marine unveiled its participants’ environmental performance results for the year 2015 during its GreenTech 2016 conference last week in Québec city.
The data show Green Marine participants maintained an overall average of 3.2 on a 1-to-5 scale, with Level 1 indicating monitoring of regulations and Level 5 reflecting excellence and leadership. Participants include ship owners, port authorities, Seaway corporations, terminal owners and shipyard operators.
Participants must undergo external verification every two years. Individual results are published annually. The voluntary program’s 12 performance indicators address environmental issues such as air pollution emissions, greenhouse gases, aquatic invasive species, waste management and community impacts.
"Improving from an average of 2 in 2008 to 3.2 in 2015 is no small feat," said Green Marine Executive Director David Bolduc, who noted that the program has augmented its criteria every year. Ports and terminals, for instance, have a new performance indicator this year: waste management.
Green Marine membership has tripled to 103 from just 34 when the program began in 2007. Port Canaveral became its 100th participant this past February.
In October 2013, Green Marine and AAPA signed a memorandum of understanding for the purpose of advancing the environmental sustainability of port and terminal operators.
Click here for The 2015 Performance Report.
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