In 2019 the Port Authority will keep to the same course, further building a sustainable future for the port. In pursuit of this goal it is concentrating heavily on structural solutions to challenges such as mobility, the energy transition, digitisation and innovation.
Specifically, the port’s transition to a low-carbon economy is a priority goal.
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According to the port’s press release, in the three years following the port will invest more than 35 million euros in sustainable projects.
An objective is to make an onshore power supplies available for seagoing ships at berth in the Deurganck dock in the near future, which will lower NO2 (nitrogen oxide) emissions by 36%.
Additionally, the port aspires to promote different sustainable fuels, as LNG and hydrogen. Moreover, the Port’s Authority is, for the time being, discussing on setting up a hydrogen fuel station in the port.
Concluding, in December the port installed in the Kallo lock to generate electricity from water power. The goal is to properly use the technology to make all sea locks in the port energy-neutral for the future.
