EU proposes new fund to invest in maritime economy and fishing communities
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 - Under the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the European Commission is proposing €6.14 billion ($7.21 billion) under a…
Málaga port celebrates European Maritime Day
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 3, 2018 - Clúster Marítimo-Marino de Andalucía (CMMA - Maritime-Marine Cluster of Andalusia) has organised a celebration of the European Maritime Day…
Event: European Maritime Day – Burgas, May 31, June 1, 2018
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 28, 2018 - The European Commission's Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, the Bulgarian EU Presidency and the Municipality of Burgas…
Vigo port’s Blue Growth strategy leads to job creation
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – In 2016 Vigo port launched implementation of the Blue Growth strategy proposed by the European Commission. The objective…
EU: Ocean energy – a sustainable blue growth opportunity for Europe
EU: Ocean energy – a sustainable blue growth opportunity for Europe, April 27, 2018 On 27 March, Commissioner Vella met with 20 leading companies operating…
Euromaritime, the Blue, maritime & waterway growth exhibition, will take place in Marseille in 2020.
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) April 29, 2018 - Euromaritime, the blue, maritime & waterway growth exhibition, will take place in Marseille, February 4-6, 2020. Over 300…
Open call for Small and Medium Enterprises, as part of the European BlueConnect project
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) April 11, 2018 - The EU-sponsored BlueConnect project has opened a call for expression of interest from small- and medium-sized businesses…
Las Palmas port hosts Maritime Alliance-Blue Tech of the U.S.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) March 27, 2018 - The director of Ports of Las Palmas, Salvador Capella, accompanied by commercial director, Juan Francisco Martín,…
Piombino port identified for developing the local blue economy
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) March 21, 2018 - Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP - North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority), the authority responsible for Livorno,…
Barcelona signs fishing agreement with local SMEs
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 7, 2018 - The Secretary General of Fisheries, Alberto López-Asenjo, has signed a protocol in Barcelona with the employers' Small and Medium…
EU maritime strategy in the Atlantic spurs €6 billion of investments in environmental protection, innovation, connectivity and social inclusion
European Commission - Fisheries - Press Release - 26 February 2018 The EU's 2013-2020 Atlantic Action Plan has spurred over 1200 new maritime projects and…
BlueInvest 2018: An ocean of opportunity with the right backing
European Commission Press Release February 8, 2018 When you look out over the ocean what do you see? If the answer is new sources of…
CPMR takes part in BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on December 13-14, in Piraeus
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, December 13, 2017 The CPMR took part in the BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on 13-14 December in Piraeus, Greece. The BLUES (BLUe…
Blue Growth Community debates blue energy innovation in the Mediterranean
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 14 December 2017 The Blue Growth Community, driven by the InnoBlueGrowth project (Interreg MED), held its second transnational event on Blue Energies…
Vigo port presents Blue Growth strategy to FAO in Rome
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 - Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) president Enrique López Veiga presented the harbour's Blue Growth Strategy at the headquarters…
UfM stakeholders conference on blue economy kicks off
Union for the Mediterranean - Naples, Italy, November 8, 2017 With 46,000km coastline and unique marine and fisheries resources, the Mediterranean Sea represents the fifth…
EU delivers on blue economy commitments made at Our Ocean conference
Brussels, Belgium, November 9, 2017 In a rapid follow-up to the EU-hosted 2017 Our Ocean conference, and in the run-up to the COP23 Ocean Day…
Call for tenders to establish a Blue Bioeconomy Forum
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) September 21, 2017 - The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has issued a tender to set up a ‘Blue Bioeconomy…
Event: UfM Regional Stakeholder Conference on Blue Economy – Naples, November 29-30, 2017
European Commission, September 17, 2017 - UfM Regional Stakeholder Conference on Blue Economy In 2015, the Ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) adopted the…
Vigo port to present “Blue Growth” strategy to EU institutions
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) September 12, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) plans to present its "Blue Growth" strategy for sustainable development to…