Tag: ESPO

The ECJ confirmed that Spain has breached EU rules on freedom of establishment enshrined in Article 49 of the Treaty the EU

The Port of Koper in Slovenia has been awarded this year’s ESPO Award in recognition of its work in creating a sustainable future for the port and its surroundings. Koper was presented with the Award at a ceremony in Brussels on November 4, 2014. The theme of this year’s ESPO Award was Innovative Environmental Projects. Koper won the 2014 Award for its project, No Waste, Just Resources!, which aims to reduce the amount of waste through encouraging its reuse or reprocessing into environment-friendly materials, and includes such innovations as the use of paper mill sludge as an anti-dusting agent, the introduction of a heating system that uses recycled wood, the operation of the waste separation centre and composting plant and the reuse of marine silt as a construction material. The ESPO Award 2014 attracted  twenty projects from ports from all over Europe compete for the prize. Koper beat shortlisted projects from the ports of Huelva, Lisbon, Marseille and Rotterdam. About "No Waste, Just Resources!" project This project from Luka Koper in Slovenia looks at the role ports can play in creating an innovative approach to waste management by encouraging the re-use and reprocessing of waste products into environmentally-friendly materials.   ...

The European Sectoral Social Dialogue on Ports ratified two joint papers dealing with "Recommendations on Women's Employment in the Port Sector" and "Training and Qualifications"Social dialogue partners in the port sector ratify joint papers on womens employment and training

Nearly 200 delegates from across the world came together for the 9th GreenPort Congress opening session on 15 October 2014 which focused on putting forward a positive environmental image for ports. Held in Barcelona this week, this year's Congress host, the Port of Barcelona opened proceedings, by talking about the many challenges that a port has to face in light of new emission regulations. Sixte Cambra, President, Port Authority of Barcelona, said that the port has seen both a dramatic improvement in terms of emissions and the elevation of the need to provide alternative fuels for shipping, in its case, LNG. The port wants to install a re-gasification plant at the port with a capacity of one million cubic metres. A positive image for ports The Congress opening session was all about putting forward a positive environmental image forward for ports and spreading the message about working together with stakeholders and the local community to achieve emissions targets. Isabelle Ryckbost, secretary general, ESPO, outlined the need for education about European TEN-T funding for "greening hinterland links." "Many ports do not realise they can apply for funding. Combining funding with the moderation of port charges and giving good incentives for environmental ...

ESPO recognises the enormous efforts made by the Italian Presidency to reach a deal on this very difficult proposal

In the last Calls of the TEN-T Programme the European Commission selected a total of 106 projects that will benefit from over 320 million

European shipowners and port authorities urgently call for the clarification of the rules pertaining to the use of scrubbers

There was an atmosphere of cautious optimism for the future when European port executives in the port association ESPO met in Gothenburg for their annual conference. Following a ballot, 78 per cent of the delegates felt that the worst of the crisis was behind them. However, European ports still face a succession of challenges.

This year, the ESPO Award on Societal Integration of Ports is entering its sixth edition. For the 2014 competition, the theme Innovative environmental projects' was chosen. The call for proposals is open until 1 July 2014

On 28 March, ESPO congratulated the ports of Piraeus, Bremen/Bremerhaven and Aqaba for achieving the Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certification