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.
Valencia port to introduce hydrogen-fuelled cargo handling operations
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Valencia may become the first port in Europe to incorporate hydrogen energy to reduce the environmental...
Cruise Industry Commits to Reduce the Rate of Carbon Emissions Globally by 40 Percent by 2030
Press Release – Washington DC, United States – December 18, 2018 Cruise Industry Commits to Reduce the Rate of Carbon Emissions Globally by 40...
Valencia port reduces “carbon footprint” by 17% in eight years
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – The fight against climate change and the reduction of emissions of CO 2 and other pollutant particles...
Las Palmas port opens probe into contaminated water spill accident
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – Las Palmas port has opened an investigation to clarify the causes of a...
Air quality is the top priority of European ports – ESPO
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Air quality has remained the top priority of the European ports since 2013, according to the annual...
Ports have to be “climate change proofed”
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Trade is at risk if ports do not become “climate change proofed”, Regina Asariotis, Chief of...
Tenerife port joins SAMOA 2 project
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Tenerife port has joined SAMOA 2, the second phase of the Meteorological and Oceanographic Support System...
First e-charging of commercial vessel at Greek port of Kyllini this month
Kyllini, Greece (PortSEurope) December 9, 2018 – Greek shipping will enter a more eco-friendly “electricity era” this month with the charging...
Italy’s ARPAC to monitor Naples port’s air quality
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North Tyrrhenian...
Fiumicino, Fregene beach at risk with the new commercial port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – On Thursday, at the Fiumicino office of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Cartagena port says waters in its area are clean
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Cartagena port has verified that the quality of the waters in its area is “very good” after the...
“Green port” contract signed between Naples port, Enel & Caremar
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – A Memorandum of Understanding has signed between Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Ancona port’s Blue Agreement with shippers reduces pollution
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) December 2, 2018 – Fuel sulphur emissions from ships entering reduced by 1.5% to just 0.1% since the port authority signed...
CIRCLE attends final conference of Med Atlantic Ecobonus Project in Lisbon port
Press release – CIRCLE: today in Lisbon for the final conference of Med Atlantic Ecobonus Project, the feasibility study co-funded by the European...
Malaga port holds workshop to analyze proposals of European project Locations
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – The Port of Malaga has participated as a Partner in the European Project LOCATIONS (Low-Carbon...
European Parliament closes probe into bulk handling at Alicante port
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – The European Parliament has closed the investigation opened in August of 2017 into the loading and...
Balearic Islands port authority launches air quality monitoring system at Palma
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has launched...