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.
Fundación Valenciaport joins SEANERGY energy transition project
València, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2022 – Fundación Valenciaport joins the SEANERGY energy transition project – Sustainability...
Cepsa completes advanced biofuels shipping trial
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 7, 2022 – Cepsa has completed the first advanced biofuels (2G) trial in Spain of in one of the ships used by the...
Port Authority of Bilbao has organized a conference on sustainable ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2022 – The Port Authority of Bilbao has organized a Conference on Sustainable Ports in collaboration with the...
Port of La Spezia to tender design for cold ironing project
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 6, 2022 – The Port of La Spezia to tender design for cold ironing project at the Garibaldi pier for 16 MW of...
Port of Genoa president joins Enel port electrification discussion
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2022 – Port of Genoa president has joins Enel’s port electrification discussion as part of the...
Port of Gandia is to tender for solar plant
València, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2022 – Port of Gandia is to tender for solar plant to become the first European port to be self-sufficient in...
Valenciaport approves second solar plant project
València, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2022 – Valenciaport approves a second solar plant project at the port. It will be located on the roof of the...
Maritime industry unites to call for earmarking of ETS revenues
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 30, 2022 – ECSA, the European Community Shipowners’ Association, has called on EU member states and the...
Baleària launches the first electric ferry in Spain for passengers and cargo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2022 – Baleària has launched the first electric ferry in Spain for cargo and passengers with zero...
World Hydrogen 2023 returns to Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) September 26, 2022 – The leading global platform for hydrogen business returns to the Rotterdam Ahoy in 2023....
Port of Valencia presents at World Bank event
València, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2022 – The Port of Valencia has presented at a World Bank event its good practices in port-city...
Port of Sines to set up Renewable Energy Community
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 21, 2022 – The municipality of Sines (Setúbal), the Administration of the Ports of Sines and Algarve (APS)...
HHLA tests hydrogen cargo
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 19, 2022 – HHLA has tests its handling of hydrogen as cargo. The first test delivery arrived at the...
Malta Freeport to receive European Commission funds
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) September 16, 2022 – The European Commission has announced that Malta will benefit from €817 million in Cohesion Policy...
Falck starts testing energy storage in Port of Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 15, 2022 – Falck Renewables has started testing a 9MW energy storage in Port of Genoa. The facility will power the...
Port of Barcelona to create working group to improve cruise ship energy supply
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2022 – The Port of Barcelona and the main operators in the cruise sector, will create a working group to...
Ports of Amsterdam and Cork have signed hydrogen agreement
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) September 14, 2022 – The Ports of Amsterdam and Cork have signed a hydrogen agreement to provide a route to market...
Port of Seville to have solar hydrogen plant
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 8, 2022 – The Junta de Andalucía has approved a plan to build a solar power plant to produce hydrogen in...
Port of Cádiz starts up a second solar plant
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 7, 2022 – The Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz has started a second solar plant for self-supply of electricity,...
Dutch company to build renewable energy facility in Port of Jorf Lasfar
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 6, 2022 – The Dutch engineering company Proton Ventures will build a renewable energy facility...