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.
Record for cruise ships in the port of Palma
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 –Â On August 26, five cruise liners with a total of about 20,000 passengers were docked in the port...
Water diverted from Palermo port residents to visiting cruise ships
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – Residents of Palermo port have been suffering water shortages, and the reason would appear the diversion...
Huelva port starts operating facility for storage of dredged material
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) is currently performing regular maintenance work on its...
Cruise ship pollution continues in the Mediterranean
Ajaccio, Corsica (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – The evidence is seen in the form of black streaks on the facades of the buildings and illnesses caused...
Tenerife port to invest €3.2 million in environmental risk assessment
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife) has launched the period of public...
Naturschutzbund Deutschland measures cruise ship pollution in Palma
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 –Â The Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU), together with various Majorcan environmental protection...
Polluting cruise ship highlighted by Marseilles residents
Marseille Fos, France (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 –Â Residents of Marseille port regularly complain about pollution generated by cruise ships in the...
No asbestos pollution at Patras port following warehouse collapse
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – There was no air pollution from asbestos fibres after the collapse of the warehouse in the northern port of...
Switch to low-sulfur fuel oil or marine gas oil to reduce SOx ship emissions as of 2020
New York, United States (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Switching from high-sulfur fuel oil (HSFO) to lower-sulfur products, such as low-sulfur fuel oil...
Alicante port complains against deadline for anti-pollution infrastructure installation
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Alicante port has filed a complaint with the Valencia regional Environment Council that it has until the...
Konstantinos Rigas on port regulations and environmental charging
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – Baltic Ports Conference 2017 has interviewed Konstantinos Rigas, Unit “Ports & Inland...
Ancona port works on improved waste services
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) August 12, 2017 – AÂ Memorandum of Understanding “Re-Cleaned Ports” has been signed by the Region of Abruzzo and...
Technologies driving CLIA cruise line members’ environmental protection efforts
Washington, United States, August 11, 2017 Technologies driving CLIA cruise line members’ environmental protection efforts August 22, 2017 – Cruise...
French Minister of Transport visited Port of Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – The port of Marseille aims to play a major role in the world maritime competition, said Élisabeth...
Gibraltar beaches not affected by Algeciras port oil spill
Gibraltar (Ports Europe) July 30, 2017 – On July 30, a barge operating in the port of Algeciras caused an oil spill on Saturday after a mechanical...
Barcelona, Koper ports cooperate to boost handling of new cars at Motorways of the Sea
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Barcelona and Koper ports are carrying out the CarEsmatic project to boost the transport of new vehicles on...
Agreement signed for cleaning of Manfredonia port
Manfredonia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (the Port Authority of the Southern...
A cruise ship pollutes as much as one million cars
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – A cruise ship pollutes as much as one million cars, in terms of fine particles and nitrogen dioxide,...
Limassol port’s anchorage named as leading polluter
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – A study by the Technical University says that Limassol port’s anchorage is the primary polluter along...
Barcelona port to attend Passenger Ship Pollution 2017 event
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – The first Passenger Ship Pollution 2017 event will take place November 14-15, 2017, in Southampton, UK....