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.
Measures for the removal of dangerous and harmful ships from the ports of Piraeus and Elefsina
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Panayiotis Kourouplis, yesterday gave instructions to take...
In 2019, the port of Marseille will experiment with green gas
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – A consortium of industrialists led by GRTgaz will experiment for three years with a process to...
CPMR takes part in BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on December 13-14, in Piraeus
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, December 13, 2017 The CPMR took part in the BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on 13-14 December in Piraeus, Greece....
Blue Growth Community debates blue energy innovation in the Mediterranean
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 14 December 2017 The Blue Growth Community, driven by the InnoBlueGrowth project (Interreg MED), held its second...
Venice and Chioggia ports benefit from Italy Croatia CBC Program
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – The Italy Croatia CBC Program has allocated €3 million ($3.53 million) across 22 projects to improve...
Bordeaux Port Atlantique and Cap Vert Energie group announce their partnership to develop an anaerobic digestion unit
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) December 16, 217 – The Port of Bordeaux (GPMB – Le Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux) and Cap Vert Energie have...
First ship connects to LNG-fuelled engine at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – The first vessel has connected to an LNG-fuelled engine at Barcelona port which is part of effort to...
Cartagena port’s largest project in administrative standstill
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The most ambitious project of Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena), the Gorguel...
Port tech clusters part of Portugal’s ocean renewable energy strategy
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – The Portuguese government has announced its Industrial Strategy for Ocean Renewable Energies (EI-ERO),...
Gibraltar port detects, eliminates oil spill
Gibraltar (PortSEurope) December 7, 2017 – Gibraltar port has detected and eliminated a “minor” hydrocarbon spill produced about 1300 local...
Bari port starts testing software to detecting environmental impact of logistics activities
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority) and...
Bilbao port to invest €1.9 million in LED lighting
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) plans to invest about €1.9 million ($2.2 million)...
Members support FEPORT guidelines
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 2, 2017 – APM Terminals, Contship Italia, EUROGATE, HHLA (Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG), Hutchison Ports and...
Valencia port to increase usage of renewable energy
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2017 – Valencia port plans to increase the use of renewable energy to improve its energy efficiency. One of the...
UfM stakeholders conference on blue economy kicks off
Union for the Mediterranean – Naples, Italy, November 8, 2017 With 46,000km coastline and unique marine and fisheries resources, the Mediterranean Sea...
AIDA Cruises to use LNG supply in Mediterranean ports
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, announced that it will gradually start regular operations...
CMA CGM chooses LNG for its biggest ships
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – The French container shipper CMA CGM has announced that it will use engines using liquefied natural...