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.
GreenTech conference in Gothenburg, Sweden in April 2025
Gothenburg, Sweden (Ports Europe) December 11, 2024 – The GreenTech for Ports and Terminals 2025 conference will take place on April 29 and 30, 2025 in...
DP World trials innovative carbon reduction programme
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 11, 2024 – DP World is trialling an innovative carbon reduction programme at its UK logistics hubs, London...
Analysis highlights reduced emissions at Port of Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) December 6, 2024 – A study by Pôle Mer Méditerranée and technical partner, Citepa, says that emissions at the Port of...
Green North Sea Shipping Corridor links ports of Tyne & IJmuiden
Newcastle, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 4, 2024 – The Green North Sea Shipping Corridor Project has been officially inaugurated, aiming to...
Hector Calls appointed Director, Environmental Sustainability, Port of Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – Héctor Calls has been appointed Director of Environmental Sustainability and Energy Transition, Port...
Barcelona certifies carbon footprint of the entire Port Community
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has become the first port in the Mediterranean to use ISO 14064 to calculate the...
LBC Tank Terminals acquires Evolution Terminals, Vlissingen
Vlissingen, Netherlands (Ports Europe) December 1, 2024 – LBC Tank Terminals has completed the acquisition of Evolution Terminals in Vlissingen. LBC will...
North Sea Port, Terra Mater work with Brazil’s Petrom to produce sustainable aviation fuel
Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 1, 2024 – North Sea Port and Ghent-based Terra Mater BV are working with Brazil’s Petrom to produce...
Port of Antwerp receives first electric tugboat
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has taken receipt of six energy-efficient tugboats. The delivery includes...
Port of Livorno offers green incentives
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) November 27, 2024 – The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port System Authority has published a public notice for the granting of...
ENI, MSC plan initiatives in sustainability and energy transition
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) November 26, 2024 – Yesterday, Eni and MSC Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop initiatives in the...
T&E: How much does LNG emit before it burns on a ship?
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – Transport and Environment, an advocate for clean transport & energy, has published a report:...
Konecranes helps automate APM Terminals Maasvlakte II
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) November 10, 2024 – Netherlands’ APM Terminals Maasvlakte II chose in October the Automated Horizontal Transport...
ESPO’24 award: Circular economy for dredging sediments
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – The ESPO Award’24 is about “Port projects or strategies in the field of circular economy that benefit...
ESC wants enhanced rail infrastructure capacity management
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) supports the European Commission (EC)’s Greening Freight...
PSA Singapore’s trial of SST technology for electric fleet
Singapore (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – PSA unboXed – the corporate venture capital arm of PSA International – has signed an agreement...
Kalmar sets emission targets
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) November 1, 2024 – Kalmar has set near- and long-term emission targets, supporting its aims to be the forerunner in...
ESPO Report 2024: Climate change a priority for Europe’s ports
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) October 28, 2024 – For the third consecutive year, climate change maintains its position as the foremost...
Port of Ancona signs “blue agreement”
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) October 27, 2024 – The Port Authority of Ancona (AdSP) has signed a “blue agreement” which brings forward the...
Hamburg and Shanghai sign green shipping corridor agreement
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 23, 2024 – The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and the Port of Shanghai have signed a memorandum of understanding to...