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.
Italy co-finances project to promote green ports in Caspian Sea
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) May 16, 2019 – Italy is cofinancing an OSCE project to promote the green ports and...
Cádiz port welcomes first cruise powered by liquefied natural gas
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – The port of Cádiz has received the first cruiser powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the AIDANova vessel,...
Lazio region sets measures to improve air quality at Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Lazio regional council voted in favour of the inclusion of measures for air quality improvements to...
Barcelona port handles its first LNG-fired cruise ship
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Barcelona port handled on April 26 its first cruise ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the...
Alicante port offsets 1,177 tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2018
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Alicante port avoided the emission of 1,177 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2018 as a result of its...
EU subsidizes 50% of Baleària project to monitor fuel consumption and emissions of ships in real time
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – The European Union has approved a subsidy for half of the Green and Connected Ports project, of which...
Eni, CDP, Fincantieri and Terna join forces to develop power plants on an industrial scale
Press Release – Eni, CDP, Fincantieri and Terna join forces to develop power plants on an industrial scale – April 22, 2019 The Chief Executive...
Las Palmas port installs 72 PV panels to reduce CO2 emissions
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Las Palmas port has recently launched 72 photovoltaic panels on the roof of its main...
Snav signs “Ancona Blue Agreement”
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Italian ferry company Snav has signed the “Ancona Blue Agreement” aimed at improving the quality of...
Spain’s Tradebe to recycle fuel extracted from Bay of Biscay leak
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – The tugboat ‘Ría de Vigo’ has unloaded in the port of Bilbao 333 tonnes of fuel collected in...
MSC, Grimaldi to use hydrogen-powered loading machines at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – The MSC and Grimaldi Group terminals of Valencia port will use two hydrogen-powered machines to load and...
Motorways of the Sea receive support at Barcelona event
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2019 – In Barcelona for the Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea Western – The 2020 Climate Action Program...
Companies in the community of Valenciaport comply with environmental commitments of ECOPORT II
València, April 3, 2019 – The Ecoport II project, promoted by Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) to...
Cruise companies sign “Venice Blue Flag 2019” agreement
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – Venice municipality, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern...
Karla Peijs, European Coordinator for the TEN-T Rhine-Danube Corridor, in Constanta Port
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – Karla Peijs, European Coordinator for the TEN-T Rhine-Danube Corridor, and Dirk Beckers, Director INEA...
Italy’s intermodal routes offset 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 emissions
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – A total of 1.5 million trucks were transported on intermodal routes in Italy, reducing the total weight of...
GRI wind towers arriving at Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – Between March and April, 24 GRI wind towers will arrive by sea at the port of Seville, where they will be...