Cold Ironing/Electrification
Cold ironing (shore connection, shore-to-ship power (SSP), onshore power supply (OPS) or alternative maritime power (AMP), is the process of providing dockside electrical power to a ship at berth while its main and auxiliary engines are turned off. Cold ironing allows emergency equipment, refrigeration, cooling, heating, lighting and other equipment to receive continuous electric power while the ship loads or unloads its cargo. This reduces gaseous emissions, noise and vibrations within ports, benefitting port workers and nearby residents. The EALING project (European flagship Action for coLd ironING in ports) is an EU project to electrify all port energy supply.
“Russian tsar of Thessaloniki” now owns 71.85% of city’s port. Russia and China via proxies now control Greece’s second largest port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) December 24, 2021 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has reported that Belterra Investments Ltd., owned by a Russian...
Ports of Genoa maintain 10-month cargo trend
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 16, 2021 – The Ports of Genoa showed a slight fall in traffic in October, however, the 10-month trend remains...
Valenciaport recognizes the work of the port community for decarbonization
The green ship of the Grimaldi Eco Valencia company, which makes the route between Livorno and València, has been chosen ship of the year at the Ferry...
European Investment Bank to lend funds to Ports of Genoa
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 13, 2021 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to furnish a €300 million ($339 million) framework loan to...
North Adriatic Ports Association to promote inter-port cooperation
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2021 – Members of the North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA) have signed an agreement to increase cooperation...
Port Authority of Elefsina visited by the Head of the Thematic Sector of Shipping and Island Policy
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) December 2, 2021 – The Port Authority of Elefsina (OLE) SA has been visited by the Head of the Thematic Sector of Shipping...
Greek Ambassador Pyatt’s Fireside Chat with Athanasios Ellis, Editor in Chief, Kathimerini English Edition
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 5, 2021 – U.S. Ambassador tp Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, has given an interview to Athanasios Ellis, Editor in...
Port of Ancona plans Green Port status
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) November 3, 2021 – The Port of Ancona has presented 14 proposals involving total investments of €35.9 million ($41.57...
Italy announces further marine transport investment
Rome, 30 September 2021 – The Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility (MIMS) has announced six decrees for the use of an additional €1.9...
Greek Secretary General of Transport holds radion interview
The Secretary General of Transport, Giannis Xiafaras, referred to the more than doubling of the Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH) fleet but...
U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s speaks at Center for European Policy Analysis event on the Eastern Mediterranean
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2021 – The Washington-based Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) has held a virtual event called...
AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) set to receive central funds for investment
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 7, 2021 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility has approved funding for Autorita’ di Sistema...
New electrical substation of the Port of València close to completion
València, August 5, 2021 – The Port of València continues to make progress in its decarbonisation process within the framework of Valenciaport 2030,...
Italy: €7.5 billion divided for regional railways, ports, redevelopment of public housing
The Unified Conference has given the green light to the decrees of the MIMS on the allocation of resources of the complementary Plan and of the Pnrr –...
Approval of financing of two projects for electrification in the ports of Piraeus and Heraklion
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 22, 2021 – The European Executive Agency for Infrastructure and the Environment (CINEA) in Brussels has approved two...
Port Authority of Heraklion is lead partner in”ELECTRIPORT” project
Heraklion, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) July 22, 2021 – The Port Authority of Heraklion is to be lead partner in the ELECTRIPORT project – a study...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale sign decarbonisation deals with Enel and Snam
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 22, 2021 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
European Federation of Inland Ports backs the European Commission’s roadmaps to navigating the future of European inland waterway transport
25 June 2021 The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) supports the aims and roadmap set out by the “NAIADES III: Boosting future-proof European inland...