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.
Cartagena port gets sustainable development award
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – The Official Gazette of the Region of Murcia (BoletÃn Oficial de la Región de Murcia) has published the...
Societe Generale joins SEA/LNG coalition
Paris, France (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Societe Generale becomes first financial institution to join growing SEA/LNG coalition, brings ...
Spain’s Navantia installs environmental monitoring system at Ceuta port
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Spanish company Navantia is installing in the port of Ceuta a system for environmental monitoring and control...
Portugal invites aquaculture tenders
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 –Â From 28 December 2017 to 26 February 2018, applications for measures to support the Increase of...
PwC to present sea economy studies in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – PwC will present the 8th edition of the study “LEME – PwC Barometer of the Economy of the...
Construction of Jupiter 1000 project starts in Marseille
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – On December 18 in Fos-sur-Mer, Thierry Trouvé, Managing Director of GRTgaz and Christine Cabau...
Measures for the removal of dangerous and harmful ships from the ports of Piraeus and Elefsina
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 –Â The Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Panayiotis Kourouplis, yesterday gave instructions to take...
In 2019, the port of Marseille will experiment with green gas
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – A consortium of industrialists led by GRTgaz will experiment for three years with a process to...
CPMR takes part in BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on December 13-14, in Piraeus
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, December 13, 2017 The CPMR took part in the BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on 13-14 December in Piraeus, Greece....
Blue Growth Community debates blue energy innovation in the Mediterranean
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 14 December 2017 The Blue Growth Community, driven by the InnoBlueGrowth project (Interreg MED), held its second...
Venice and Chioggia ports benefit from Italy Croatia CBC Program
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – The Italy Croatia CBC Program has allocated €3 million ($3.53 million) across 22 projects to improve...
Bordeaux Port Atlantique and Cap Vert Energie group announce their partnership to develop an anaerobic digestion unit
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) December 16, 217 – The Port of Bordeaux (GPMB – Le Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux) and Cap Vert Energie have...
First ship connects to LNG-fuelled engine at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – The first vessel has connected to an LNG-fuelled engine at Barcelona port which is part of effort to...
APSS audits its Environmental and Quality Management Systems
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – APSS – Administração dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra (Port Administration of Setúbal and...
Cartagena port’s largest project in administrative standstill
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The most ambitious project of Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena), the Gorguel...
Port tech clusters part of Portugal’s ocean renewable energy strategy
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – The Portuguese government has announced its Industrial Strategy for Ocean Renewable Energies (EI-ERO),...
Gibraltar port detects, eliminates oil spill
Gibraltar (PortSEurope) December 7, 2017 – Gibraltar port has detected and eliminated a “minor” hydrocarbon spill produced about 1300 local...
Bari port starts testing software to detecting environmental impact of logistics activities
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority) and...
Bilbao port to invest €1.9 million in LED lighting
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) plans to invest about €1.9 million ($2.2 million)...
Members support FEPORT guidelines
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 2, 2017 –Â APM Terminals, Contship Italia, EUROGATE, HHLA (Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG), Hutchison Ports and...