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.
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...
EU Commission: Building a maritime strategy in the Black Sea
EU Commission, September 15, 2017 – Building a maritime strategy in the Black Sea Developing the blue economy in the Black Sea was the theme of a...
Venice to protest against large cruise vessels in the lagoon
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – On September 23-24, Venice will host a two-day event dedicated to discussion and debate about defense...
Vigo port to present “Blue Growth” strategy to EU institutions
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) plans to present its “Blue Growth” strategy for...
Event: Our Ocean 2017 Conference: Malta, October 5-6, 2017
Valletta, Malta, September 11, 2017 – The European Union will host the fourth edition of Our Ocean conference in Malta, 5 – 6 October 2017. Our...
Carnival Corporation begins construction of world’s first fully LNG-powered cruise ship
Miami, United States, September 6, 2017 Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company, marked the official beginning of...
NABU publishes its 7th cruise ship pollution rankings
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Even in the seventh edition of the cruise industry ranking, not a single cruise ship in Europe from...
Palma to measure pollution levels
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares (APB) has an agreement with Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB...
Record for cruise ships in the port of Palma
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – On August 26, five cruise liners with a total of about 20,000 passengers were docked in the port...
Water diverted from Palermo port residents to visiting cruise ships
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – Residents of Palermo port have been suffering water shortages, and the reason would appear the diversion...
Huelva port starts operating facility for storage of dredged material
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) is currently performing regular maintenance work on its...
Cruise ship pollution continues in the Mediterranean
Ajaccio, Corsica (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – The evidence is seen in the form of black streaks on the facades of the buildings and illnesses caused...
Tenerife port to invest €3.2 million in environmental risk assessment
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife) has launched the period of public...
Naturschutzbund Deutschland measures cruise ship pollution in Palma
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – The Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU), together with various Majorcan environmental protection...
Polluting cruise ship highlighted by Marseilles residents
Marseille Fos, France (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Residents of Marseille port regularly complain about pollution generated by cruise ships in the...
No asbestos pollution at Patras port following warehouse collapse
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – There was no air pollution from asbestos fibres after the collapse of the warehouse in the northern port of...
Alicante port complains against deadline for anti-pollution infrastructure installation
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Alicante port has filed a complaint with the Valencia regional Environment Council that it has until the...