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.
Grimaldi group publishes 2018 Sustainability Report
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) August 4, 2019 – The Grimaldi Group has published its Sustainability Report (2018) to report on its economic, environmental...
Venice calls European port cities to jointly tackle cruise ship problems
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – The president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern...
Baleà ria and Fred Olsen incorporate the ‘smart ship’ to gas ‘Abel Matutes’ to the route Huelva-Canary Islands
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) July 29, 2019 – Baleà ria and Fred. Olsen Express have started operating the Abel...
Huelva port to host the First Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Port Management
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) July 29, 2019 – Huelva port will host the “First Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Port Management”...
Marseille port promotes environmental credentials
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 26, 2019 – Marseille Fos has produced a detailed brochure which highlights the various actions being taken by the...
Government set to stop large cruise ship entering Venice’s Giudecca canal
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 25, 2019 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has discussed the issue of cruise ships in Venice port,...
Marseille Fos works on shore electrification of ships of CTN
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – Renaud Muselier, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in France, was part of a joint...
Parliamentary Committee of Catalonia visits Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2019 – The Parliamentary Committee of the Parliament of Catalonia has visited the Port of Barcelona today, where...
Ortona port sign waste management convention
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) July 16, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico (AdSP – Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority) and the...
MSC Cruises joins Genoa Blue Agreement
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 16, 2019 – MSC Cruises has today joined the “Genoa Blue Agreement” operated by Autorita’ di Sistema...
Grimaldi Group installs Corvus Energy ‘mega batteries’ to improve carbon footprint
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 15, 2019 – Corvus Energy has reported that it has completed the installation of a 5,5 MWh battery energy storage systems...
Costa Cruises signs Genoa port Blue Agreement
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2019 – Costa Cruises has signed the so-called Genoa Blue Agreement requiring marine gasoil with a sulphur content not...
SEPort to provide third waste service for Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2019 – As part of a policy to eliminate landfill waste from Civitavecchia port, the Lazio Region has approved...
Port Authority to issue anti-pollution tender for the port of Arrecife
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP – Port Authority of Las Palmas) is to issue...
Searoutes launches eco-calculator CO2 emission prototype
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 11, 2019 – French startup Searoutes, incubated in the ZEBOX acceleration program since January 2019, has designed a...
Genoa port develops port-ship electricity supply
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2019 – Genoa post has hosted a conference “The electrification of the docks of the ports of the Western Ligurian...
Marseille port pushes ahead with electricity supply to docked vessels
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 30, 2019 – Already effective on the quays of the Corsican ferries, the electrical connection of the ships to...
Málaga port approves greenport project
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga (APM – Port Authority of Málaga) has approved the ‘Green...
Marseille Fos completes test of Vasco2, a project to convert industrial fumes into biofuel
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2019 – After three years of testing in a real environment in the heart of the industrial-port area of ​​Fos,...
Superfast Ferries joins project to limit air pollution at Ancona port
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Greek ferry operator Superfast Ferries has joined the “blue agreement” to contain air pollution in...