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.
Carbon4PUR Project: 14 partners experiment with industrial CO2 recovery
Press Release – Marseille Fos – CARBON4PUR Project: 14 partners experiment with industrial CO2 recovery – March 21, 2019 In a context of...
Di Majo addresses “Autotrasporto e Portualità: Analysis and Proposals” convention
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Francesco Maria di Majo, President Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Valencia port to build wind towers, power substation
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – Valencia port authority aims to achieve the energy balance by 2050 with its own wind power plan that...
Italy adopts rules for CO2 emissions in sea transport
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – Italy’s government has approved a decree on the monitoring and reporting obligations for carbon...
Hyster Europe develops zero-emission reachstacker for Valencia port
Press Release – Hyster Europe – Hyster Europe has announced it is developing a zero-emission reachstacker featuring a hydrogen fuel cell for the...
Alicante port to move to companies responsible for emissions from outdoor activity
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – From 2020, stevedoring companies in Alicante port will assume the responsibility for their emissions into the...
Castellón port improves particle emission management
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 18, 2019 – Castellón port has extended the control of particle emissions within the ambitious environmental...
Valencia port receives ‘GREEN4SEA Port Award’
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – Valencia port has received the international prize ‘GREEN4SEA Port Award’ 2019 in environmental...
Court confirms fine on Vilagarcía port for environmental rules violation
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – The Pontevedra administrative court has confirmed the sanction imposed by the Galicia regional government...
Las Palmas port installs 72 photovoltaic panels
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP – Port Authority of Las Palmas) has just put into operation 72...
Dubrovnik airport and port authority cooperate in EU ADRIGREEN environment project
Dubrovnik, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Dubrovnik’s airport (ZLD – Zračna luka Dubrovni) and port authority (LUC – Lucke...
Thessaloniki is first port in Greece to be member of Green Award network
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA is to participate in the Green Award network as the Incentive...
DIMAATH and Kavala Port Authority awarded the Greek Green Awards 2019
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – DIMAATH SA and Kavala Port Authority (OLK) SA have been awarded Greek Green Awards 2019 for the management...
Italy, Croatia launch project to cut nautical, coastal tourism CO2 emissions in Adriatic
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Italian and Croatian authorities have launched a joint initiative to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in...
Alicante port suspends cargo traffic due to pollution levels
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Alicante port has suspended cargo traffic due to the increase in pollution caused by the atmospheric...
Barcelona port and IREC present hydrogen as an alternative fuel for transport
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The port and Barcelona and El Instituto de Investigación en Energía de Cataluña (IREC –...
Eni starts building a photovoltaic plant in Porto Torres, Sardinia
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Eni subsidiary company Eni New Energy SpA has commenced construction of a photovoltaic plant...
Puertos del Estado to support greenhouse gas emissions reduction
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Spain’s national ports agency Puertos del Estado has signed a cooperation contract for the reduction...
Piraeus Port Authority details environmental plan
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 24, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has published a press release details its environmental policy. PPA...
Cepsa Gibraltar factory complies with Algeciras port’s environmental requirements
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – Cepsa’s factory in Gibraltar-San Roque has received an environmental certification,...