THE GREEN WAVEFebruary 2014, No 33

WELCOME TO OUR 3 NEW PARTICIPANTSThe Port of Gulfport , situated directly on the Gulf of Mexico, provides services for carriers and shippers serving the Americas. The Port’s central loca-tion translates into greater efficiencies for ves-sel operators and less intermodal mileage to U.S. distribution markets. As the third busiest container facility in the US Gulf, the port also maintains a bustling bulk and break-bulk ope-ration. A landlord port, the business interests consist of five principle marine-related busi-ness lines, and one non-maritime related busi-ness line.

It is an exciting time for Green Marine! The sixth period of self-assessment is in full swing, the Secretariat welcomes a new employee, the environmental program is attracting new members, Green Marine’s corporate image has been revamped, and the seventh GreenTech conference is packed with new features!

The Port of St. John’s is one of North America’s most modern and accessible supply and service centres. It is the primary offshore energy supply and service centre on the East Coast of Canada and a des-tination of choice for the cruise ship industry. And, true

to its roots, it is one of the most active fish-handling ports in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. As a re-sult, the Port of St. John’s is a strategic transportation gateway and business hub in Atlantic Canada.

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The Port of Indiana - Burns Harbor, founded in 1970, is one of three ports that are operated on Lake Mi-chigan and the Ohio River by the Ports of Indiana, a statewide port autho-rity. The Port of India-na – Burns Harbor is located in Portage, IN, on the south shore of Lake Michigan, just 18 nautical miles from Chicago. The port handles international ships via the Great Lakes connection to the Atlantic Ocean, and barges via inland river links to 38 states and the Gulf of Mexico.

Green Marine’s logo has been redesigned and the colours refreshed. The new shade variations create a depth perspective, the newly sized icon and text have a more balanced appearance, and the ship’s outline has been redesigned to have more impact. In addition to the corporate logo itself, other versions of the logo intended for the program’s partners and supporters have also been reworked, as has the certification seal intended for participants who have successfully completed the certification and verification process. This new logo is the first step in a complete overhaul of Green Marine’s communication tools. We are actively working at developing our new website to be posted on line this spring! If you are a Green Marine member and have not received the new logo, please contact Green Marine’s communications manager at 418-649-6004 ext. 302 or by e-mail at manon.lanthier@green-marine.org. Thank you for supporting and promoting the Green Marine environ-mental program!

A NEW LOOK FOR GREEN MARINE!

Know someone else who is interested in Green Marine? Please send us their email at info@green-marine.org

WELCOME TO OUR 5 NEW PARTNERS

BG Group is an integra-ted natural gas company whose activities include exploration, production, storage, transporta-

tion and distribution. BG Group is headquartered in the United Kingdom and operates in more

than 20 countries on five continents. BG Group is pro-posing a liquefied natural gas facility on Ridley Island near Prince Rupert, B.C. A final investment decision on building the LNG facility will be made by 2016.

Western Canada Marine Response Corpora-tion delivers safe and effective oil spill response services within the province of British Columbia. The company is committed to environmental protection in all aspects of its operations.

Jastram Technologies Ltd (JTL) is an authorized distribution company for internationally renowned manufacturers. With a portfolio of more than 18 com-panies, JTL carries some of the best equipment engi-neered for the marine industry. JTL is a coast-to-coast Canadian distributor with offices in British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia. JTL customers range from ship owners/fleet managers to shipyards, contractors and end users, as well as government agencies such as the Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and po-lice authorities.

MSi3D is a ser-vice company specializing in marine inspec-tions in real-time

with 3D sonar. The company is the only one to use the Echoscope® system from Coda Octopus – the most evolved technology of its kind on the market. This mo-bile technology allows digital inspection, surveillance and safety of marine and port infrastructures using high-definition 3D sonar. High-precision data provide key information to managers who wish to plan for a sustainable management of their infrastructures. The use of this technology optimizes inspection budgets, quickly covers large areas, and facilitates real-time monitoring. MSI3D is a subsidiary company of Groupe Synergis.

Pronova Systems Inc. specializes in engineering and consul-ting for marine projects with a focus on automation and elec-trical systems. Pronova developed a Fuel Optimizing System to use for various types of ships and propulsion systems. The Fuel Optimizing System saves at least 20 per cent of the fuel

used for a ship’s propulsion systems and proportionally reduces the NOx and SOx emissions generated by the ship. At the same time, the system is increasing the ship’s Energy Efficiency Operating Index (EEOI) rating and maximizing its profitability.

THE TIME HAS COME TO REGISTER FOR GREENTECH 2014, WHICH IS BEING HELD JUNE 10TH TO 12TH IN SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK. One quick look at the preliminary program will convince you of the relevance of taking part in Green Marine 7th annual environmental conference.

Preliminary Program

In addition to enriching conference sessions and unique networking opportunities, GreenTech is offering in partnership with Canaport an industrial tour of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Canada. The tour will be held Tuesday, June 10th, starting at 2:45 p.m. and, for space and security reasons, can only accom-modate a maximum of 80 people. Registration for the tour will be done on a first-come first-served basis. Bus transportation from the Hilton Saint John to Canaport LNG and back is included. Canaport will also offer refreshments on site. The return to the Hilton is expected to be about 5:30 p.m. Don’t forget to check the tour box on the registration form if you would like to go!

Registration Form

Green Marine is proud to say GreenTech 2014 will be its first carbon-neutral conference. Green Marine is seeking Planetair’s certification for GreenTech 2014’s carbon neutrality. With Planetair’s assistance, the conference’s organizers will quantify the event’s green-house gas emissions, identify opportunities to reduce that GHG, and then offset the conference’s climate impact with the purchase of carbon credits. You can help Green Marine offer a carbon-neutral event by becoming the conference’s Green sponsor. This exclusive sponsorship package ($2,500) will help to pay for the certification and carbon-offset costs. All of the relevant information is in the conference’s sponsorship plan.

Sponsorship Plan

Green Marine’s annual conference is always a great way to promote your sustainability commitment, show-case your products and services, and ensure great visibility for your organization. GreenTech 2014’s spon-sorship plan has been diversified. The addition of several new categories enables you to choose the level of commitment and type of visibility you want! You can sponsor a coffee break or meal or become the «wired» sponsor by facilitating Internet access for all of the conference’s attendees.

Sponsorship Form

GreenTech 2014 conference will take place at the Saint John Convention Center, adjacent to the Hilton Hotel, in Saint John, New Brunswick. A block of rooms has been reserved at a preferential rate for the Green Marine delegates at the Hilton Saint John from June 10 to June 13. You can book your room by phone (506-693-8484) and specifying group code GREA14 or you can go online, to the GreenTech 2014 dedicated reservation web-page.

Book a room

Reservations made after May 22nd will not be guaranteed the group rate of $159/night.

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Silver SponSorS• MontrealGatewayTerminalsPartnership• Svitzer• Cleveland-CuyahogaCountyPortAuthority• SeaspanULC• Sept-ÎlesPortAuthority• CanaportLNG• NeptuneTerminals• ChamberofShippingofBritishColumbia• McKeilMarine

Media SponSorS

Bronze SponSorS• HighwayH2O• CTMA• TBSShippingServicesInc./RoymarShip

Management• Ocean• Oceanex• NanaimoPortAuthority

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS

As every year, GreenTech 2014 will hold a commercial exhibition. There are only seven booths left. Hurry to book yours!

EXHIBITORS 2014 • WärtsiläCanada• EnvirolinCanada• ABB• SchneiderElectric• VickersOil• Filtramax• JastramTechnologies

Ltd• ConceptNaval• MSi3D

• MarineRecyclingCorpo-ration

• CanadianSailings• PronovaSystemsInc.&

McKeilMarineLtd• OfficeofSmall&Me-

diumEnterprises|PublicWorksandGovernmentServicesCanada

Gold SponSorS

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GREEN MARINE ENTERS ITS SIXTH EVALUATION YEAR

The evaluation phase is in full swing for Green Marine participants. Canadian and U.S. ports, ship owners, ter-minals, shipyards and Seaway corporations participating in the environmental program are reviewing in signi-ficant detail their environmental performance for the year 2013. To receive their certification, Green Marine participants must complete a specific process of evaluation, verification as well as publication of their annual environmental performance results in accordance with the new certification policy adopted by Green Marine in 2013. Summaries, signed by the participating company’s CEO, must be submitted to the Green Marine Secretariat by April 1st. The new 2013 self-assessment guides and summaries are now ready and available on line to facilitate this yearly evaluation process. Shipowners self-evaluation guide Shipowners summary

Ports, terminals, shipyards & Seaway self-evaluation guide

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A NEW RESOURCE FOR GREEN MARINEGreen Marine welcomes a new player onto its team! Caroline Denis will be acting program manager, replacing Françoise Quintus who will be taking a maternity leave as of mid-March. Among her many tasks, Caroline will be in charge of providing support to Green Marine participants completing their annual self-evaluation. Over the past year, Caroline Denis has mainly provided counseling services on environmental issues and sustainable development. Before exercising this role, she acted as the environmental manager for Environmental Pro-grams at Canada Steamship Lines from 2007 to 2012. As part of her duties, she’s had the pleasure of developing the company’s environmental policies and strategies, as well as imple-menting environmental projects. She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Geography from the Univer-sity of Montreal and has been interested in the environmental realities of the maritime industry since 2005. You can reach Caroline Denis at 418-208-1191 or by e-mail at caroline.denis@green-marine.org.

Ports, terminals, shipyards& Seaway summary

The AQTr celebrates its 49th congress under the theme Transportation infrastructures: Engine of Economic Growth at the Quebec City Convention Centre from March 31st to April 2nd 2014. Visit AQTr’s innovative PRO-CHAIN ARRÊT!® Transportation Trade Show! The expo features four Showcases, each with

a different theme, where many activities will be held: networking sessions, contests and conferences on the Congress theme. Don’t miss the conferences of Mario Girard, Chief Executive Officer of Quebec Port Authority and Sylvie Vachon, Chief Executive Officer, Montreal Port Authority on Monday March 31st at the Economic Development Showcase. View the program Registrations >>

AQTr’S 49TH ANNUAL CONGRESS

INDUSTRY SUCCESS STORIES

One of Green Marine’s founding participants, Fednav Limited, has received the inaugural Lloyd’s List North American Maritime Award for the Environment category. The award ceremony took place in Houston, Texas, February 19th. Lloyd’s List created this first-ever industry-wide awards event for the North American maritime shipping industry last fall. The awards complement the Lloyd’s List series of award ceremonies held annually in London (for the global awards), Greece, the Middle East, Asia and Aus-tralia. The Environment award recognizes the contribution by an individual, company or association from the maritime industry towards an improved outcome for the environment. Fednav sha-red the honour with the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), which also received the award in the Environment category.

Fednav receives LLoyd’s List north american maritime award

NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a global coalition of organizations seeking to prevent dirty and dangerous shipbreaking practices worldwide, has published a complete list of ships that were dismantled around in the world in 2013. End-of-life vessels contain toxic materials such as asbestos, heavy metals, PCBs and organic waste within their structures. Of the 1,213 large oceangoing vessels that were scrapped in 2013, 645 were sold to substandard beaching facilities in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. However, other shipping companies are showing their seriousness about responsible dismantling as part of their environmental policies. For example, NGO Shipbreaking Platform noted that Canada Steamship Lines has taken the additional step of having its ships dismantled (and recycled as much as possible) within Organization for Economic Co-operation and De-velopment (OECD) countries only.

List of 1213 ships dismantled in the world in 2013

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The latest beneficiary of the Prince Rupert Port Authority’s Community Investment Fund is the Prince Rupert Salmon Enhancement Society and Oldfield Creek Fish Hat-chery. Using the port authority’s contribution of $10,000, the volunteer group has created the Salmon Education and Stewardship Centre. The new facility consists of inter-pretive galleries that include a classroom and wet and dry labs to educate visitors of all ages. The Oldfield Creek Fish Hatchery is largely operated by a dedicated volunteer base, composed of college students, residents and professionals within fishery agencies. With a focus on re-establishing and sustaining Prince Rupert’s salmon populations, the Hat-chery and Society depend on local donations to fund their research and conservation efforts.

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GREEN MARINEPARTICIPANTS

SHIPOWNERS• AlgomaCentralCorporation• AtlanticTowingLimited• CanadaSteamshipLines• Canfornav• Cogema• CroisièresAML• CSLInternational• CTMAGroup• FednavLimited• GroupeDesgagnés• IslandTugandBarge• LowerLakesTowingLimited• McAsphaltMarineTransportationLtd.• McKeilMarine• OceanGroup• Oceanex• Reformar• SeaspanULC• SMIT• SociétédesTraversiersduQuébec• SterlingFuels(Hamilton)Ltd.• SVITZERCanada• TBSShippingServicesInc./RoymarShipManagement

PORTS & SEAWAY

• Cleveland-CuyahogaCountyPortAuthority• DuluthSeawayPortAuthority• GreaterVictoriaHarbourAuthority• HalifaxPortAuthority• HamiltonPortAuthority• IllinoisInternationalPortDistrict• MontréalPortAuthority• NanaimoPortAuthority• PortMetroVancouver• PortofGulfport(MississippiStatePortAuthority)• PortofIndiana-BurnsHarbor• PortofMilwaukee• PortofSeattle• PortofValleyfield• PrinceRupertPortAuthority

• QuébecPortAuthority• SaintJohnPortauthority,NB• SaguenayPortAuthority• Sept-ÎlesPortAuthority• St.John’sPortAuthority,NL• ThunderBayPortAuthority• TorontoPortAuthority• Trois-RivièresPortAuthority• WindsorPortAuthority• St.LawrenceSeawayDevelopmentCorp.• St.LawrenceSeawayManagementCorp.

TERMINALS & SHIPYARDS• BungeofCanada• CeresTerminalsInc.• CliffsNaturalResourcesInc.• EmpireStevedoringCompanyLimited• FederalMarineTerminals• FraserSurreyDocks• ImperialOil(Esso)• IOC(IronOre)• LogistecCorporation• MaherTerminalsHoldingCorp.• MarineRecyclingCorporation• McAsphaltIndustriesLimited• MontrealGatewayTerminalsPartnership• NeptuneTerminals• NorcanPetroleumGroup• NorthernStevedoring• OceanIndustries(shipyard)• PinnacleRenewableEnergy(WestviewTerminal)• PorlierExpress• RidleyTerminalsInc.• RioTintoAlcan(Port-Alfred)• SeaspanULC(shipyards)• SquamishTerminals• SterlingMarineFuels(WindsorTerminal)• TermontMontreal• Valero(Jean-GauvinRefinery)• Valleytank• Valport• WestridgeTerminal(KinderMorganCanada)

GREEN MARINE | ASSOCIATIONS• AmericanAssociationofPortAuthorities• AmericanGreatLakesPortsAssociation• AssociationofCanadianPortAuthorities• CanadianFerryOperatorsAssociation• CanadianShipownersAssociation• ChamberofMarineCommerce• ChamberofShippingofBritishColumbia

• CouncilofMarineCarriers• InternationalShip-OwnersAllianceofCanada• OntarioMarineTransportationForum• ShippingFederationofCanada• St.LawrenceEconomicDevelopmentCouncil• St.LawrenceShipoperators• U.S.GreatLakesShippingAssociation

GREEN MARINEPARTNERSINDUSTRY SUPPLIERS• ABB Turbocharging• American Bureau of Shipping• Bell Marine & Mill Supply• BG Group• Blue Seal Inc.• Canadian International Bureau of

Shipping• Concept Naval• Conflow Technologies• DNV GL• Drew Marine• Envirochem• Envirolin Canada• Environmental Solutions Inc.• Filtramax• FRS Instrumentation & Controls Inc.• Gaz Metro Transport Solutions• Hemmera• Hermont Marine• Hydrex LLC• International Paint• Ionada• Jastram Technologies Ltd• KRAL

• Lloyd’s Register North America• Marine and Offshore Canada• Marine Clean Ltd.• MSi3D• Navware Canada Inc.• OpDAQ Systems• PESCA Environnement• Progress Energy Canada Ltd, Pacific

Northwest LNG• Pronova Systems Inc.• Quickload CEF• RBM HoldSolutions• Roche• RSC Bio Solutions• Schneider Electric• Scott’s Marine Interiors• Seagulf Marine Industries Inc.• S.I.G.E.I.M Inc.• SNC-Lavalin Environment• Techsol Marine• The Glosten Associates• Thordon Bearings Inc. • Tidal Transport & Trading• Total Marine Solutions Inc.• Urgence Marine Inc.

• V.Ships Canada Inc.• VapCor Inc.• Ventus Development Services Inc.• Vickers Oil• Wärtsilä Canada• WSP Canada

SHIPPERS• Aluminerie Alouette• Canadian Salt Company Limited• Tata Steel

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS • CSMOIM• Corp. des pilotes du St-Laurent Central• Corp. of Lower St. Lawrence Pilots• Georgian College’s Great Lakes

International Marine Training Centre

• Great Lakes Pilotage Authority• Laurentian Pilotage Authority• Maritime Innovation• Pacific Pilotage Authority• Rightship Americas• Western Canada Marine Response Corpo-

ration

GREEN MARINESUPPORTERSGOVERNMENTS• EnvironmentCanada• FisheriesandOceansCanada• MinistèredesRessourcesnatu-

rellesetdelaFauneduQuébec• MinistèredesTransportsduQué-

bec• MinistèreduDéveloppement

durable,del’EnvironnementetdesParcsduQuébec

• MinistryofTransportationofOntario

• TransportCanadaMUNICIPALITIES• BoardofHarborCommissionersof

theCityofMilwaukee• CityofBécancour• CityofCalixa-Lavallée• CityofContrecoeur• CityofLongueuil• CityofMatane

• CityofMontréal• CityofMontréal-Est• CityofPort-Cartier• CityofQuébec• CityofSaint-Amable• CityofSept-Îles• CityofVarennes• Communautémétropolitainede

Québec• GreatLakesandSt.LawrenceCities

Initiative• Marguerite-D’YouvilleMRCENVIRONMENTALGROUPSANDNGO’S• CarbonWarRoom• DucksUnlimitedCanada• GeorgiaStraitAlliance• GeorgianBayForever• InternationalSecretariatforWater• LesAmisdelavalléeduSaint-

Laurent

• NatureQuébec• ONEDROP• Réseaud’observationdesmammi-

fèresmarins(ROMM)• SednaFoundation• StratégiesSaint-Laurent(6ZIP

Committees)• WorldWildlifeFundCanadaOTHERS

• CPEQ• EcoMaris• NorthwestCommunityCollege• PromotionSaguenay• Sociétédepromotionéconomique

deRimouski• St.LawrenceRiverInstituteofEnvi-

ronmentalSciences• TechnopoleMaritimeduQuébec• VancouverAquarium