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.
Castellón port installs dust protection barriers
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Castellón port has installed two new windshields in order to protect the residential areas around...
Vigo port continues advancing in its energy self-sufficiency strategy
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Vigo port continues to advance its goal of achieving energy self-sufficiency of all its buildings and...
Galician ports clear waste from port seabeds
Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 – In recent weeks, Portos de Galicia has cleared about 14,000 kilos of waste from the seabed of the...
Barcelona port collects 50 tonnes of floating waste in 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – Barcelona port collected over 50 tonnes of floating waste from its water sheet in 2017, 45% of which were...
University of Cagliari presents port noise pollution study
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2018 – Yesterday say the presentation of a project called “List Port – Traffic noise pollution...
Implementation of Taganrog Sea Commercial Port’s environmental programme in the first half of 2018
Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) September 4, 2018 –Â In the first half of 2018, AO Taganrog Sea Commercial Port (TagSCP), part of Netherlands-registered...
Fiumicino port starts waste cleaning project
Fiumicino, Italy (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – Civitavecchia port authority has launched a project for the cleaning of Fiumicino harbour docks seabed on...
Cartagena port to study Escombreras island fauna
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2018 – Cartagena port has commissioned a study of the fauna of Escombreras island, where it operates a solid bulk...
Naples city finances project for Pozzuoli port seabed cleaning
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) August 31, 2018 – Naples city government has financed a project for the cleaning of the seabed of the dock of the port of...
“Energy Observer” to visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – “Energy Observer”, the first ship propelled by renewable energies and hydrogen, will stop in...
Portos de Galicia looks to increase smoke-free areas
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – The Portos de Galicia organisation is working on the definition of the smoke-free pilot project,...
Barcelona port publishes sustainability report
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Barcelona has published the Annual Report of the Sector Sustainability Plan, a document that reflects the...
Spain’s Baleà ria incorporates biodegradable kitchenware on ships travelling to Balearic Islands
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Spanish ferry company Baleà ria has incorporated kitchenware and utensils made of cellulose and...
Las Palmas port calls water pollution fight consultancy services tender
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Las Palmas port has called a tender for the delivery of services of prevention and...
Cartagena port increases its commitment to sustainability
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) is committed to the...
Spain’s Merchant Navy supports promotion of natural gas as marine fuel
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – Spain’s Merchant Navy supports Gasnam (Asociación Ibérica de Gas Natural para la Movilidad), the...
Valencia port launches pilot test called “E-Bike Sharing System at the Port of Valencia”
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – In the framework of the European project “SUMPORT – Sustainable Urban Mobility in MED Port...
Venice port to receive €1.275 million EU funding
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern Adriatic Sea Port...
Baleà ria to invest €60 million in converting ferries to natural gasÂ
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Baleà ria plans to invest €60 million ($70.1 million) to convert five ferries...
Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) joins the Samoa project
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) is to...