Ua loaʻa iā Port Canaveral ka palapala hōʻoia ʻo Green Marine i ka lua o ka manawa no ka holomua ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ke kaiapuni i ka halihali moana a me ka hōʻike ʻana i ke alakaʻi ʻoihana "'ōmaʻomaʻo". Ua hōʻike ʻia ka palapala hōʻoia i ka Port ma ka GreenTech 2019 environment conference ma Cleveland i ka pule i hala. ʻO Port Canaveral kekahi o nā awa ʻelua ma Florida, a ʻo kekahi o nā awa he iwakāluakūmālua o ka ʻāina e loaʻa ai kēia kūlana.
"Ke hoʻokiʻekiʻe nei ʻo Port Canaveral i ka paʻa o ka ʻoihana moana i nā hana kaiapuni maikaʻi loa," wahi a Kāpena John Murray, Luna Nui o Port. "ʻO ka palapala hōʻoia Green Marine ʻoi aku ia ma mua o ka hoʻokō hoʻokahi manawa a pili i ke kuleana no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pahuhopu kaiapuni hoʻomau no ka wā lōʻihi."
Ua hele ʻo Bob Musser, Luna Nui o Port Canaveral, Environmental, i ka ʻaha kūkā a ua ʻae i ka palapala hōʻoia ma ka inoa o Port Canaveral. "Ke ana kēia palapala hōʻoia a loiloi i kā mākou hana kaiapuni. ʻO kā mākou komo ʻana i nā hana he nui e hōʻike ana i kā mākou kūpaʻa i nā hana kūlohelohe ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
Paipai ʻo Green Marine i nā hana palekana no ka hoʻomaikaʻi mau ʻana i ka hana kaiapuni. He hana koʻikoʻi ka hōʻoia ʻana me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kumu alakaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hoʻoponopono i nā wahi koʻikoʻi e like me nā ʻano invasive aquatic, nā kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā mea haumia ea, ka pale ʻana i ka wai, ka wai ʻino a me ka hoʻokele ʻōpala, ka walaʻau i lalo o ka wai, nā hopena o ke kaiāulu a me ke alakaʻi kaiapuni. Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻōlelo paʻa no ka loiloi ʻana i ka hana o ka poʻe komo ʻo Green Marine i ka loiloi pilikino makahiki a me ka hōʻoia ʻana o nā ʻaoʻao ʻekolu ʻelua makahiki, i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻike o nā hana a ka ʻoihana kai a me nā pono kaiapuni.
"No kāna palapala hōʻoia mua, i ka makahiki 2017, ua kōkua nā koina kikoʻī o Green Marine i loko o nā hōʻailona hana kikoʻī iā Port Canaveral i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i kāna hana kūlohelohe," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Green Marine, ʻo David Bolduc. "Ke hōʻike hou nei ka Port, nā hopena ma mua o ka hoʻokō ʻana no nā hōʻailona kūpono a hiki i ka pae kiʻekiʻe 5 no ka hōʻailona pale ʻana i ka wai, e hōʻike ana i ka maikaʻi a me ke alakaʻi."
He papahana hōʻoia honua ʻo Green Marine e pili ana i nā awa, nā mea hoʻokele moku, nā hale moku a me nā mea nona nā moku. Ua komo ʻo Port Canaveral i ka papahana Green Marine ma 2016.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Criteria are used to assess performance of Green Marine participants during an annual self-evaluation and a biennial third-party verification, designed to improve the awareness of the marine industry's activities and environmental benefits.
- Certification is a rigorous process with the development of guiding principles beyond regulatory compliance in key areas such as aquatic invasive species, greenhouse gases and air pollutants, spill prevention, storm water and waste management, underwater noise, community impacts and environmental leadership.
- The certification was presented to the Port at the GreenTech 2019 environmental conference in Cleveland last week.
