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.
Las Palmas port introduces energy supply to reduce noise and pollution
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2017 – “In six months the city will be free of the noises of the port”, says the...
France’s first marine wind turbine inaugurated in Saint-Nazaire
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – “I wish Floatgen fair winds and following seas.” With these words Catherine Chabaud, the...
Marseille port to generate energy from seawater
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – The port of Marseille is using technology called Massileo, a moderate-temperature water network to...
Ecocean plans to restock French ports with marine life
Montpellier, France (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Ecocean, a company which helps restore marine ecosystems, plans to replenish marine fish stocks...
Cartagena port bestows environmental award to Enagás
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) has awarded the energy efficiency plan of the...
Gijón port to install equipment reducing air pollution
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – Gijón port plans to put into operation in December equipment that will reduce by 99% the emission of...
Air PACA publishes report on air quality in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – Air PACA, an air pollution monitoring organisation, has published the a dossier on air quality in...
EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas
EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas Malta, 5 October 2017 EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas At...
PROVIRIDIS awards companies’ environmental efforts
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – PROVIRIDIS has awarded three transport companies for their investments and the use of liquefied...
APM Terminals Tangier participates for third year in the GoGreen initiative
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 29, 2017 – APM Terminals is participating for the third consecutive year in the GoGreen initiative, under the...
Marseille port introduces clean ship premium
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – The Port of Marseille Fos is stepping up its commitment to improving air quality and is...
“Mediterranean Day of the Air” set to highlight pollution in Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Two regional observatories for air quality, Air Paca and Qualitair Corse, have organised a first...
EP Committee on Petitions visits Larnaca
Larnaca, Cyprus (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – The EP Committee on Petitions (PETI) conducted a fact-finding mission to Larnaca, September 20-22,...
EU holds maritime event in Batumi, Georgia
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – On September 15 the EU held the “Connecting the region through marine and maritime...
Call for tenders to establish a Blue Bioeconomy Forum
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has issued a tender to set up...
Parliament of Catalonia passes Climate Change Bill
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – The parliament of Catalonia has passed a “Climate Change Bill”, a law to strengthen the...
Event: UfM Regional Stakeholder Conference on Blue Economy – Naples, November 29-30, 2017
European Commission, September 17, 2017 – UfM Regional Stakeholder Conference on Blue Economy In 2015, the Ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean...