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.
SUPAIR meeting takes place in Venice
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 27, 2018 – A focus group of the SUPAIR project has met in Venice to discuss how to make port-logistics operations greener...
New Sines port terminal receives environmental report approval
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – An Environmental Impact Study (Estudo de Impacto Ambiental) has concluded that the new terminal at Sines...
Vigo port’s Blue Growth strategy leads to job creation
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – In 2016 Vigo port launched implementation of the Blue Growth strategy proposed by the European Commission. The...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale (Ravenna) hosts environment and LNG discussions
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) May 16, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North Port...
Piraeus port aims to reduce carbon footprint
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – COSCO-owned Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA)Â is looking to reduce carbon emissions from its facilities in...
Spain has the cleanest ports among ESPO members
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – A total of seven Spanish ports have achieved environmental certification of the international standard Port...
Alcúdia port installs structure to reduce air pollution
Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has...
Local communities reject ENI Gaeta port concession renewal
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – Two communities, La Piaia-Peschiera in Gaeta and Vindicio in Formia, stand against a request from...
EMERTOX project starts work in Cape Verde
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 –Â On 16 April, in Cape Verde, the EMERTOX project started, which consists of the study of the emergence of...
EU: Ocean energy – a sustainable blue growth opportunity for Europe
EU: Ocean energy – a sustainable blue growth opportunity for Europe, April 27, 2018 On 27 March, Commissioner Vella met with 20 leading companies operating...
Event: European Maritime Day 2018 – May 31-June 1, 2018, Burgas, Bulgaria
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – European Maritime Day (EMD), dedicated to gaining new insights into maritime affairs and blue growth and...
Valencia port to join Samoa 2 project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – Valencia port has approved an agreement to participate in the Samoa 2 project, which aims to improve the...
Galp maintains commitment to Valencia port’s Ecoport II Project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – Portuguese energy group Galp maintains its commitment to the Ecoport II Project, an initiative launched by...
Ecologists in Action urge the Spanish government to support an Emission Control Area in the Mediterranean
April 19, 2018 The German organisation, Control Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (henceforth NABU), together with Ecologists in Action, have carried...
La Spezia port set for LNG cruise ships visits
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – The La Spezia Panigaglia regasification plant is moving towards a phase of work with the arrival of the...
New Genoa port breakwater will host a park dedicated to renewables
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2018 –Â The new Genoa breakwater will have facilities dedicated to renewables with next-generation wind turbines...
Nantes-Saint.Nazaire port looks as recycling opportunities
Nantes-Saint.Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 –Â The port is studying ways to recycle CO2 and other effluents from factories in the...
Costa Cruises and Marseille port sign sustainable development agreement
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Costa Cruises and the Grand Port of Marseilles (GPMM) have signed a partnership agreement to pursue...
No port administration controls for olive trees and plants entering Ibiza
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2018 – There are no efficient and systematic administration controls with detailed records for the entry of vegetables...
In 2017, Marseilles Fos port conducted a study on LNG refueling ships
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – The port of Marseille Fos has carried out a detailed study to evaluate the safety conditions required...