Key Points
India is likely to offer incentives to fleet owners for adoption of CNG, LNG, electric or green hydrogen-powered trucks as part of the proposed green ports policy..
The move is aimed at reducing the intensity of emissions at major ports, a senior government official told ET...
India currently has 12 major ports that handle around half of the country's total cargo movement..
"Key interventions include prompting use of renewable energy, reducing air emissions, optimising water usage, improving solid waste management and lowering carbon emission per tonne of cargo handled by 30% by 2030, and 70% by 2047," the official quoted above said.. Ports will also be required to increase the green cover to capture the fugitive emissions and attenuate the noise generated in the port surroundings..
