Green laurels for Duluth
The inland port on Lake Superior, the Duluth Seaway Port Authority and its terminal operations on Rice’s Point, improved their ranking in the recently released Green Marine 2020 environmental performance report. Their rating advanced from a 3.8 in 2019 to a 4.0 score in 2020 on Green Marine’s five-point scale.
The overall average for the almost 170 participing parties - ship owners, port authorities, seaway corporations, terminal operators and shipyard managers - was 2.9. The report comprises seven categories: air emissions, community impacts, dry bulk handling and storage, environmental leadership, spill prevention, underwater noise, and waste management.
A record 49 North American port authorities participated in the 2020 evaluation process, with the Duluth Seaway Port Authority ranking No. 4 in the United States and No. 1 among the USA's Great Lakes ports. The voluntary Green Marine certification programme began in 2007. (cd)