Blue Economy
The Blue Economy concept seeks to promote economic growth, social inclusion, and the preservation or improvement of livelihoods while at the same time ensuring environmental sustainability of the oceans and coastal areas. At its core, it refers to the decoupling of socioeconomic development through oceans-related sectors and activities from environmental and ecosystems degradation. An important challenge of the Blue Economy is thus to realize that the sustainable management of ocean resources requires collaboration across nation-states and across the public-private sectors, at global scale (World Bank, 2017).
Vigo organises second workshop on blue fishing ports “Towards Sustainability”
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2020 – Vigo organized its second workshop on blue fishing ports, under the slogan “Towards sustainability” and...
Vigo port to present green plan
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 3, 2020 – The Blue Growth strategy by Vigo become an example to follow in Europe. The port was the first to apply...
Vigo port will participate in a virual event related to green cities
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) September 26, 2020 – The president of the Vigo Port Authority, Enrique C. López Veiga, will participate in a virtual event on...
Montenegro adopts strategy for the Maritime Economy 2020-2030
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) August 11, 2020 – On July 30, the Montenegro government, at the proposal of the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs,...
Atlantic action plan 2.0: A revamped maritime strategy to foster a sustainable blue economy and the EU Green Deal
The European Commission has adopted an updated action plan for a sustainable, resilient and competitive blue economy in the EU Atlantic area, covering France,...
Experts in clean energy and biodiversity are advising Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 24, 2020 – Numerous experts in clean energy and biodiversity, from private companies, the administration and organized...
Unctad: Why a sustainable blue recovery is needed
Why a sustainable blue recovery is needed – 21 July 2020 Written by:Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-GeneralDona Bertarelli, UNCTAD Special Adviser for...
Vigo port launches projects, thanks to blue growth strategy
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 15, 2020 – In 2016, Vigo port, launched its Blue Growth strategy, in these four years, more than 300 people, from...
Blue sectors contribute to the recovery and pave way for EU Green Deal
Today, the European Commission published “The EU Blue Economy Report 2020”, providing an overview of the performance of the EU economic sectors related to...
Coronavirus response: Further EU support to fisheries and aquaculture sectors
Supporting the EU fisheries and aquaculture sectors in tackling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the European Commission has proposed a new set of...
EU Ministers of Transport in charge of maritime affairs met in Opatija, Croatia
As part of the activities of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, a two-day event was held in Opatija. On the first day, a Maritime...
European Commission and European Investment Fund launch €75 million BlueInvest Fund
The European Commission is partnering with the European Investment Fund, part of the European Investment Bank Group (EIB), to launch the BlueInvest Fund today....
Greece looks to develop island entrepreneurship
Meeting on Strengthening Islander Entrepreneurship, chaired by the Minister of Maritime and Island Policy, Yiannis Plakiotakis – January 13, 2020 Today,...
Leading shipping companies set to sign Livorno Blu Agreement next week
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) January 15, 2020 – The main shipping companies operating at Livorno port, including CIN, Forship, Grimaldi, Moby and...
Mediterranean countries join forces to promote “Blue Economy”
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2019 – The Cyprus Research & Innovation Foundation sent a delegation to the 4th BLUEMED Platforms meeting...
Tenerife port takes the first step to launch a pilot blockchain technology project
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) October 16, 2019 – Santa Cruz de Tenerife is to decide to start a pilot programme to...
EU Commissioner Vella hosts first EU-China Blue Partnership Forum for the Oceans
Today in Brussels, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella will host the first ‘Blue Partnership Forum for the...