The proposals along with several other initiatives are expected to generate 1.45 lakh person-days of employment, the port operator said.
The Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in this regard were signed in the presence of Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal during his visit to the port.
One MoU was signed between Mumbai Port Authority, Mumbai Port Sustainability Foundation (MPSF) and HPCL for developing a green fuel ecosystem, while the other was between Det Norske Veritas and MPSF for collaboration on emission management, decarbonisation, digitisation and safety in port and shipping operations.
The Norway-based DNV provides services related to quality management, risk assessment and sustainability.
Sonowal earlier virtually inaugurated several key projects, including the launch of testing operations for the newly-constructed 3rd chemical berth at Pir Pau jetty. The minister during his visit to the Mumbai Port also inaugurated an automation system and programmable logic controller (PLC) at the Marine Oil Terminal as well as at the MPSF, among others.
