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 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....
Galicia region continues air quality monitoring project at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The Department of Environment and Spatial Planning of Galicia regional government has started the second phase of...
CORE LNGas hive project holds Barcelona LNG conference
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The first CORE LNGas hive project conference for the promotion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fuel in...
Event – Medports workshop – July 5 – Marseille Fos port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Following the success of the first Medports forum 2016, and in accordance with the results of the...
Valencia port organises workshop promoting alternative ship fuel
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) launched yesterday the “Workshop on Maritime...
Barcelona port organises exhibition of marine waste
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Barcelona port, in cooperation with the Catalan Waste Agency, has presented an exhibition of waste collected...
EU to support sustainable fisheries in Mediterranean region
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – The European Parliament adopted with 558 votes in favour and 43 against an initiative in support of sustainable...
The maritime economy and “smart” technology
Marseille, France (PortSEurope), June 13, 2017 – L’Institut méditerranéen du transport maritime (Mediterranean Institute for Maritime Transport...
Venice sees fewer cruise ship visits
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Porto di Venezia (Venice port authority) is forecasting a 10% fall in the number of cruise ships visiting Venice...
AIDAperla visits Barcelona for passengers and LNG
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2017 – Arriving in Barcelona on June 7 on her inaugural introduction tour, the AIDAperla has launched its summer...
EU: Joint Statement on the occasion of World Oceans Day
Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2017 On the occasion of the World Oceans Day (8 June), Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs...
CMA CGM reports improved environmental performance
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – CMA CGM Group, a leading worldwide French shipping group, has reported an improvement in the performance...
ESPO Conference 2017 inspires European ports on their way to decarbonisation
Barcelona, Spain, June 6, 2017 On 1 and 2 June, the European port industry gathered in Barcelona for ESPO’s annual conference entitled “Ports in a changing...