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.
Blue economy highlighted at Siat conference Genoa
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2018 –Â The second edition of the technical conference organized by Siat Spa, the insurance company of the Unipol...
Balearic Islands port authority reduces fees of six companies
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has reduced by 15% the...
BEST terminal takes part in Go Green initiative
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST), operated by Hutchison Ports, has participated one more year in the...
Spanish ports embrace environmental sustainability as top priority
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2018 – Spanish ports already assume environmental sustainability as a core element of their activity and not only as...
Valencia port, capital of sustainable cruises
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – The cruise industry is a sector in continuous expansion throughout the Mediterranean, including large ports...
Valencia port to host ESPO, MedPorts and Greenport events this week
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 – This coming week, Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of...
Fulmar Barcaioli Ancona receives additional to improve waste management at sea
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 –Â The Fulmar Barcaioli Ancona Srl, a company that has been operating since the 1980s in the field of boat...
Government to reduce tax on electricity use by vessels docked in Spanish ports
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – The Council of the EU has authorized Spain to reduce the tax applied to electricity supply to ships at...
Environmentalists to protest against Setúbal port dredging project
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – Portuguese environmental associations Clube da Arrábida, Sado de Luto and SOS Sado and the fishing...
Port Authority of AlmerÃa awarded ISO certificates
AlmerÃa, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de AlmerÃa (APA – Port Authority of AlmerÃa) has received the ISO 9001...
Málaga port participates in the European campaign ‘Voice for the Ocean’
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) October 7, 2018 – The preservation of the Mediterranean Sea requires responsible and sustainable approaches for its...
Balearic islands nautical organisations receive ISO awards
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has been...
Siemens presents Siharbour, a port energy supply system, at Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 7, 2018 – The German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG has presented its Siharbor system in Lisbon, a system...
Region, Assocostieri and port authority to cooperate on LNG promotion in Sardinia
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – A cooperation agreement to develop liquified natural gas (LNG) facilities in Sardinia has...
EC approves LNGHIVE2 project of Baleà ria
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – The European Commission approved with an “excellent” rating the project “LNGHIVE2 Vessels...
Noise environment project starts in Ligurian ports
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – With the acronym ‘Rumble’, which stands for noise reduction in large port cities, a new project...
Valencia port to build four wind turbines, reduce CO2 emissions
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – Valencia port plans to install three onshore wind turbines and natural gas stations, in order to reduce...
Viana do Castelo port wants to join Port Tech Cluster Network
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 –Â Viana do Castelo, in northern Portugal, is planning to create an “intelligent”...
Intersagunto Terminales reduces CO2 emissions by 11% in three years
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 – Intersagunto Terminales SA, the operator of Sagunto port’s multipurpose terminal, has reduced its...
Las Palmas port to launch air quality measurement project in October
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) September 28, 2018 – Las Palmas port plans to launch in October a project for the installation of a system...