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.
Barcelona port starts project for design of natural gas-fired tugboat
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Barcelona port has launched a project for the operation of a natural gas-fired tugboat, included in its...
EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas
EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas Malta, 5 October 2017 EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas At...
PROVIRIDIS awards companies’ environmental efforts
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – PROVIRIDIS has awarded three transport companies for their investments and the use of liquefied...
APM Terminals Tangier participates for third year in the GoGreen initiative
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 29, 2017 – APM Terminals is participating for the third consecutive year in the GoGreen initiative, under the...
Marseille port introduces clean ship premium
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – The Port of Marseille Fos is stepping up its commitment to improving air quality and is...
“Mediterranean Day of the Air” set to highlight pollution in Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Two regional observatories for air quality, Air Paca and Qualitair Corse, have organised a first...
EP Committee on Petitions visits Larnaca
Larnaca, Cyprus (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – The EP Committee on Petitions (PETI) conducted a fact-finding mission to Larnaca, September 20-22,...
EU holds maritime event in Batumi, Georgia
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – On September 15 the EU held the “Connecting the region through marine and maritime...
Call for tenders to establish a Blue Bioeconomy Forum
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has issued a tender to set up...
Parliament of Catalonia passes Climate Change Bill
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – The parliament of Catalonia has passed a “Climate Change Bill”, a law to strengthen the...
Barcelona port to attend Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 conference
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 will take place November 14-15, 2017, in Southampton, UK,...
Event: UfM Regional Stakeholder Conference on Blue Economy – Naples, November 29-30, 2017
European Commission, September 17, 2017 – UfM Regional Stakeholder Conference on Blue Economy In 2015, the Ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean...
EU Commission: Building a maritime strategy in the Black Sea
EU Commission, September 15, 2017 – Building a maritime strategy in the Black Sea Developing the blue economy in the Black Sea was the theme of a...
Venice to protest against large cruise vessels in the lagoon
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – On September 23-24, Venice will host a two-day event dedicated to discussion and debate about defense...
Vigo port to present “Blue Growth” strategy to EU institutions
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) plans to present its “Blue Growth” strategy for...
Event: Our Ocean 2017 Conference: Malta, October 5-6, 2017
Valletta, Malta, September 11, 2017 – The European Union will host the fourth edition of Our Ocean conference in Malta, 5 – 6 October 2017. Our...
Carnival Corporation begins construction of world’s first fully LNG-powered cruise ship
Miami, United States, September 6, 2017 Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company, marked the official beginning of...
NABU publishes its 7th cruise ship pollution rankings
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Even in the seventh edition of the cruise industry ranking, not a single cruise ship in Europe from...
Cruise Shipping and Urban Development: The Case of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The International Transport Forum (ITF) has published a report which assesses the impacts of cruise...
Palma to measure pollution levels
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares (APB) has an agreement with Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB...