Nazry bin Yahya
Nazry bin Yahya
OUM Business School, Open University Malaysia
Email: drnazry@oum.edu.my & drnazry@gmail.com.my
Abstract
Environmental friendly port has become the current world concern. Today, ports around the world are voluntarily working to plan for the sustainability of our mother Earth. This paper will look into the overall port planning, green port growth and the current activities for maintaining a green port. There is one globally accepted system develop by EcoPorts that encourages individual ports to voluntarily join the community and commit to preserve the environment. At this juncture, it is best not to reinvent the new wheel but to adopt and then further improve the EcoPort SDM method and PERS certification that is already been globally accepted as green port standard.
Key word: environmental friendly, terminal standard, sustainability, green, green port, EcoPort, SDM, PERS
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