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.
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....
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 –Â The Grimaldi Group, the global shipping and logistics company, has become the fourteenth company to join the...
Baleà ria presents LNG commitment to IMO
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. presented last week its commitment to liquefied...