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.
Monfalcone port sees widespread investment
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – The north Adriatic port of Monfalcone has seen substantial investment in recent years, and Regional...
Western Mediterranean: a management plan to fortify the fishing sector of the region
European Commission – Press Release – March 8, 2018 Brussels A multi-annual plan to bring more stability, transparency and sustainability to...
Greece to host electric bunkering infrastructure
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – It has been reported that the port of Kyllini, western Greece, will be the site of a pilot project to...
Calls for docked ships to use electricity when docked in Ravenna port
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – Following the recent approval of the Ravenna Port Hub project, there are calls for further electrification...
Castellón port to improve meteorological, oceanographic information service
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Castellón port will have improved meteorological and oceanographic information on its website with systems...
Porto Cruise Terminal hosts “Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality” event
Porto, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 3, 2018 – On February 26, the Porto Cruise Terminal hosted the “Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality”, an...
CPMR regions to provide input into revision EU Directive on port reception facilities for delivery of ship waste
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’s (CPMR) member regions are being invited to...
EMFF post-2020: CPMR regions prepare Policy Position
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 26 February 2018 A CPMR meeting on the future of the post-2020 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) took...
Intermediterranean Commission regions strengthen their alliance for sustainable development
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’ (CPMR) Intermediterranean Commission...
EU maritime strategy in the Atlantic spurs €6 billion of investments in environmental protection, innovation, connectivity and social inclusion
European Commission – Fisheries – Press Release – 26 February 2018 The EU’s 2013-2020 Atlantic Action Plan has spurred over 1200 new...
Andalusia takes step to improve dangerous waste handling at its fishing ports
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa (APPA...
Biomarine to be held in Portugal in 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 –Â Biomarine is a business platform linked to biomarine resources and, to encourage the participation...
VilagarcÃa port renews membership in EcoPorts
VilagarcÃa, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – VilagarcÃa port has renewed its membership in the EcoPorts network, a port association composed of...
Portugal launches Blue School Programme, a national ocean literacy project
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 –Â The Blue School Program, the national ocean literacy project, has been launched this Tuesday in...
Cartagena port discusses sea contamination
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2018 – Cartagena port (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena), together with the Hippocampus association within the...
AdSP plans Torre del Marzocco development
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Torre del Marzocco is an example of fifteenth-century coastal tower in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, It was...
BlueInvest 2018: An ocean of opportunity with the right backing
European Commission Press Release February 8, 2018 When you look out over the ocean what do you see? If the answer is new sources of food security, new medical...
Barcelona port attends the MEDports Forum 2018 in Marseille
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 –Â The Port of Barcelona participated in the Forum of Ports of the Mediterranean, the MEDports Forum...
EBRD and International Maritime Organization to jointly promote green shipping industry
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 –Â The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Maritime...
Bulgaria to ratify the international convention for control and management of ship’s ballast water and sediments
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 8 – It the next few months Bulgaria will ratify International Convention for Control and Management of Ship’s...