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.
Ferrol port tenders communication service of “LIFE DrainRain” project
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao) tendered the communication service on...
Gijon port installs anti-pollution wall
Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Gijon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón) has completed the installation of an anti-pollution...
Alicante port authority tenders environmental improvement works
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante) has tendered the works for the project of...
French environmental organisation calls for rapid introduction of LNG as marine fuel
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Presenting new elements of its survey on air pollution from maritime transport, France Nature...
Sinking Panagia Tinou vessel to be removed from Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – The project of stabilization and the removal of the Ro-Ro/Passenger ship Panagia Tinou has started and...
Malaga port joins European LOCATIONS project
Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Malaga port has joined the LOCATIONS (Low-Carbon Transport in Cruise Destination Cities) project of the...
Barcelona port installs energy-efficient lighting system at Porta d’Europa bridge
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Barcelona port has installed an energy-efficient lighting system on the Porta d’Europa bridge,...
Huelva port authority signs cooperation agreement with Atlantic Copper
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) president Javier Barrero signed a cooperation...
Liguria Court dismisses appeals against La Spezia infrastructure projects
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 – Liguria region’s Administrative Court has considered “unfounded” the request by...
Palma de Mallorca port simulates hydrochloric gas leakage
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Palma de Mallorca port simulated on January 12 a leakage accident of hydrochloric gas, organised...
The Greens praise dialogue with Naples port president
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Italian political movement The Greens has praised the dialogue started with the president of Naples port...
Navantia to export wind farm equipment through Aviles, Ferrol ports
Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – Spanish companies Navantia and Windar have concluded negotiations with Iberdrola and its UK subsidiary...
Castellon port southern road access offsets 1,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions in one year
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – The new access to the south dock Castellon port has been in operation in one year now, improving road...
TecnoAranda to build wind towers production plant in Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 6, 2017 – Spanish company TecnoAranda plans to set up a plant for the production of wind towers at Bilbao port which...