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.
Málagaport presents three sustainability and innovation projects to the ‘Next Generation’ European Fund Office of the Junta de Andalucía
Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga (APM – Port Authority of Málaga) has submitted three projects to the ‘Next Generation’ European Fund Office...
Valenciaport joins the club of the 12 largest ports in the world that lead the decarbonization and reduction of emissions
Valenciaport is making its debut in 2021 by joining the club of the 12 ports of the world that have the most investments committed to decarbonisation and...
Almería port takes steps to improve air quality
Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2021 – The Almería Port Authority (APA) will expand the dust trapping screens erected at the Pechina dock...
Valenciaport receives new recognition for its environmental work
It has obtained the award granted by EnerTIC for the Green C Ports project – December 29, 2020 Aurelio Martínez: “This award is an international...
Analysis – Will Caspian ports become stranded assets if the sea shrinks?
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – The Caspian Sea started shrinking in mid-1990s and its level is projected to fall by nine to 18 metres...
Green shipping experts begin activities for zero emission future
EU funded STEERER project kick starts the work of the newly formed Green Shipping Expert Group with first workshop – 18 December 2020 The Green Shipping...
APDL and ANTRAM sign a protocol for decarbonization of the ports of Leixões and Viana do Castelo
Reducing the number of more polluting trucks circulating in port infrastructures, starting in 2021, will represent a 50% reduction in pollution The...
Negligible risk of ships evading EU carbon market – study
EU regulators have little to fear from shipping companies evading the bloc’s carbon market if it is applied to long-distance voyages, a new study shows...
ECSA welcomes European Commission’s new Mobility Strategy and underlines competitiveness of the industry as prerequisite to achieving the goals
Welcoming the new Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy published today by the European Commission, ECSA, underlines the importance of maintaining and...
European Commission: A fundamental transport transformation – Commission presents its plan for green, smart and affordable mobility
European Commission – December 9, 2020 The European Commission presented today its ‘Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy’ together...
Port of Cádiz reduces its carbon footprint with electricity supply service to trailers with LNG
The Port of Cádiz, Divergent Energy and Primagas (a subsidiary of SHV Energy) have teamed up to carry out a pioneering energy solution in the Spanish port...
Green hydrogen will be produced at the old Cemex plant in Lloseta
The Balearic Port Authority (APB) will transform the Maritime Station No. 4 of the port of Palma to become a building with almost zero energy consumption in...
Aveiro port to supply new eco fuel
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2020 – Prio’s biodiesel plant, based in the Port of Aveiro, is to produce Eco Bunkers, a green fuel for...
The air quality of the Port of València is “excellent”
The results have been obtained from the control booth installed in the Poniente Pier that is connected to the Surveillance network of the Generalitat...
Buran Energy to develop renewable hydrogen project in Malaga port
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) November 26, 2020 – Buran Energy is now managing Oil Distribution Terminals in the port of Málaga and will start a project...
Almería port completes first LNG bunker action
Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – The Port of Almería has hosted its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering with the Bahama Mama...
Savona and Vado Ligure to create micro-grids for electricity
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – The ports of Savona and Vado Ligure are testing an initiative that involves the installation of an...
Pedro Sánchez highlights the H2Ports project in Valenciaport as a benchmark within the framework of the “Hydrogen Roadmap”
The President of the Government has valued this initiative, coordinated by the ValenciaPort Foundation, “because it will make the Port of València the...
The “ECO Valencia” vessel arrives in Valencia
The ship is the first unit of the Grimaldi shipping company of the Green 5th Generation class, a hybrid vessel that guarantees zero emissions in port –...
CMA CGM: bunkering of a new-generation LNG-powered container ships begins in Rotterdam
A pioneering decision to acquire a new generation of 26 liquefied natural gas-powered containerships – November 13, 2020 The CMA CGM Group has embarked...