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.
Environmentalists to protest against new Port d’Alcúdia silo
Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) July 22, 2017 – In response to a cement silo planned for Port d’Alcúdia, environmentalists in Mallorca called for a...
Court dismisses appeal against Vado Ligure port platform
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Italian administration court has dismissed the appeal of environmentalist association Italia Nostra against...
Haizea Wind starts construction of factory near Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Offshore wind energy is going through a good moment on a global scale. Haizea Wind has announced the start of...
Barcelona port sets up working group to solve truck congestion
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – Barcelona port has set up a specific working group to solve the long queues of container lorries that are...
Castellón port installs anti-pollution barrier at inner dock
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has installed an anti-pollution barrier in...
EU awards €8.4 million to Odyssea consortium
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The European Union (EU) has awarded the international consortium Odyssea a total of €8.4 million ($9.6...
Air pollution sensors installed in Palma de Mallorca port
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) and the University of the...
Vigo port promoted as benchmark for EU’s Blue Growth strategy
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Representatives of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) travelled to Brussels to promote the harbour...
Guadalquivir river near Seville port covered by oil spill
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – The basin of the Guadalquivir river has been covered for two days by an oil spill from the Triana bridge to the...
Las Palmas port authority president takes part in Blue Growth event
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – The president of Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas), Luis Ibarra and its...
Grimaldi joins joins GIA decarbonisation alliance
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – The Grimaldi Group, the global shipping and logistics company, has become the fourteenth company to join the...
Baleària presents LNG commitment to IMO
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. presented last week its commitment to liquefied...
Barcelona port to boost decarbonisation of supply chain
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) strategy director Jordi Torrent has presented...
Kuşadası and Bodrum Cruise Port receive Green Port certification
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – The Turkish port of Kuşadası and Bodrum Cruise Port have been awarded ‘Green Port’ certification in...
Fincantieri, GE Power to jointly develop system for control of pollution of ships
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. has signed a cooperation agreement with GE Power for the development of a...
MSC signs up to new IMO initiative to support low-carbon shipping
Geneva, Switzerland 29.6.2017 The MSC Group, a leading international transport conglomerate, has joined today, as one of the thirteen founding members, the...
Turkey’s Petlim port receives Green Port certificate
Petlim, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Petlim harbour has become the tenth Turkish port to receive a Green Port certificate. The work on the first phase...
Las Palmas port activates oil spill alert
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) activated an alert on June 24 when it was...
Vigo port hosts International Green Energy Ports conference
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) hosted the inauguration of the third edition of the International...
Barcelona residents concerned about ever increased tourism
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Residents of Barcelona are opposing local tourism development, with one of the issues being cruise ships....