NEW DELHI: At least 12 major ports owned by the central government will have to take a series of measures to reduce their carbon footprint, including increasing their green cover to 20% and electrification of all port equipment to 50% in the next seven years. They will also have a target to achieve complete “shore-to-ship” power supply by 2025, which will be the biggest intervention to reduce air pollution at ports.
Sources said the ‘Green Port’ guidelines of the shipping ministry, which will be launched next week, will set the benchmark and targets for all the major ports.
They added nearly 70% of air pollution at major ports is caused when ships are anchored at ports.
