Environment/Green Issues
News associated with environmental, green and reneable energy issues linked to ports. Includes efforts to reduces port and ship emissions such as cold ironing. Application of national and European Union environmental and renewable energy policies. This includes new facilities for the production of ammonia, biofuels, hydrogen and vegetable oils.
Port Ferrol-San Cibrao presents strategy for renewable energy
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2025 – For the first time, the Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority’s strategy to transform its docks into a...
Taman port oil spill critical
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – The fuel oil spill near Taman port in Krasnodar Territory remains critical. The damaged Volgoneft 239...
Port of Bordeaux to promote rail and river cargo
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – As part of its decarbonization strategy, the Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux (GPMB) is promoting rail...
Port of Livorno: New carbon footprint study presented
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – In 2023, ports in the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port System emitted 261,000 tons of COâ‚‚, with 230,000...
Bilbao, Getxo to host II International Sustainable Port Congress, Feb 6-7
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2025 – Bilbao and Getxo will host the II International Sustainable Port Congress on February 6-7, where experts...
Puertos de Tenerife joins the Net Zero Sea Alliance
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2025 – The Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has recently formalized its...
Port of Tenerife receives CMA CGM LNG container ship
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) January 2, 2025 – The Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife received last Saturday, December 28,...
Emergency in Krasnodar as more oil from sunken tankers washing up on coastline
Anapa, Russia (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Russia’s southern Krasnodar region declared a state of emergency after oil from two over...
Russia’s biggest logistics vessel sank in Mediterranean
Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Ursa Major, Russia’s biggest and most capable logistics vessel sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the...
Clean Arctic Alliance raises concern about Kerch Strait pollution
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 –Â The non-profit organisation Clean Arctic Alliance has raised concerns about pollution in the...
Oil keeps leaking from sunken Russian tankers near occupied Crimea
Kerch, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 21, 2024 – The two Russian oil tankers that crashed on December 15 in the Kerch Strait continue to spill fuel oil...
DP World issues a “blue bond” in the Middle East
Dubai (Ports Europe) December 20, 2024 – DP World has issued a $100 million Blue Bond to fund sustainable projects in marine transportation, port...
EU: “Greening of European sea ports” – report
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 19, 2024 – The European Union’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DGMOVE) has published a...
AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale, Livorno, pubishes emissions report
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) December 18, 2024 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
ZEPA releases key findings on demand, design and infrastructure strategies
The Zero Emission Port Alliance (ZEPA) marks its one-year anniversary with the release of three pivotal reports – December 13, 2024 The reports contain...
EBRD lends finance to Casablanca & Jorf Lasfar, Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) December 16, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will loan up to MAD 690 million (65.9...
Update: Kerch Strait – a deadly trap for ships
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) December 16, 2024 – The disaster of December 15 with the two very old Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait that connects the...
New Baleà ria ferry reduces emissions by 22%
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 13, 2024 – Baleà ria has introduced a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) fast ferry on the...
GreenTech conference in Gothenburg, Sweden in April 2025
Gothenburg, Sweden (Ports Europe) December 11, 2024 – The GreenTech for Ports and Terminals 2025 conference will take place on April 29 and 30, 2025 in...
DP World trials innovative carbon reduction programme
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 11, 2024 – DP World is trialling an innovative carbon reduction programme at its UK logistics hubs, London...