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.
Searoutes launches eco-calculator CO2 emission prototype
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 11, 2019 – French startup Searoutes, incubated in the ZEBOX acceleration program since January 2019, has designed a...
Genoa port develops port-ship electricity supply
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2019 – Genoa post has hosted a conference “The electrification of the docks of the ports of the Western Ligurian...
Marseille port pushes ahead with electricity supply to docked vessels
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 30, 2019 – Already effective on the quays of the Corsican ferries, the electrical connection of the ships to...
Málaga port approves greenport project
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga (APM – Port Authority of Málaga) has approved the ‘Green...
Marseille Fos completes test of Vasco2, a project to convert industrial fumes into biofuel
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2019 – After three years of testing in a real environment in the heart of the industrial-port area of Fos,...
Superfast Ferries joins project to limit air pollution at Ancona port
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Greek ferry operator Superfast Ferries has joined the “blue agreement” to contain air pollution in...
Piraeus Port Authority presents its Corporate Responsibility Report 2018
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 25, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has presented its Corporate Responsibility Report 2018 which details all...
Asturias initiates plan to adapt ports to climate crisis
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – The Asturias regional government has signed a collaboration agreement with the Foundation Institute of...
Marseille port gives ESI Awards to environmental shippers
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, Hervé Martel, President of the Executive Board of the Port of Marseille...
Piraeus Port Authority highlights pro-environment activities
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 and for 2019 the day is devoted to the theme of air...
Molgas Energía starts installation of LNG station at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 10, 2019 – Spain’s Molgas Energía has started the installation of a fixed liquefied natural gas (LNG) station,...
Bilbao is the first port in the world to obtain the Environmental Product Declaration
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2019 – Bilbao has become the first port in the world to obtain the Environmental Product Declaration, based on an...
Luxury cruise giant emits 10 times more air pollution (SOx) than all of Europe’s cars – study
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 9, 2019 – The European Federation for Transport and Environment has produced a study which claims that luxury cruise...
Cruise traffic puts Lisbon among most polluted cities in Europe
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Cruise ships emissions on the Portuguese coast were 86 times higher than the emissions of the car...
Bilbao becomes first port globally to obtain Environmental Product Declaration
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – Bilbao has become the first port in the world to obtain an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for...
Ferrol port installs water drainage system to avoid contamination
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – Ferrol port authority has equipped the Fernández Ladreda dock with a modern water drainage system to avoid...
Implementation of Taganrog Sea Commercial Port’s environmental programme in the first quarter of 2019
News – Implementation of Taganrog Sea Commercial Port’s environmental programme in the first quarter of 2019 – May 31, 2019 In the first quarter...