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EDITOR’S NOTE t a time when many fear that the march to a cleaner environment had taken a step backwards, I actually see no evidence of that trend on the collective, North American waterfront. Whereas environmental progress up until now has been, to a certain extent,

A a function of regulatory pressure, the trend to green the maritime footprint today is increasingly a result of corporate social conscience. In other words, going ‘green’ is no longer done purely for compliance purposes. Some operators are