International Port City News
July 1, 2021
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IT’S TODAY! Do not waste another minute, register now! The number of places is limited.
AIVP is organising its next webinar “Training, research, employment, at the heart of innovation for port cities” today (Thursday 1st July 2021) at 3pm (French time). In this webinar we will learn from four speakers, representing different approaches and experiences. With the help from Mr. Maurice Jansen, AIVP expert in Human Capital, we will discuss these cases to learn best practices for the future of port cities.
This webinar, exclusively for AIVP members, will be held in English but we are offering simultaneous translation in French and Spanish.
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Climate change
Miami (USA): a masterplan to tackle rising sea levels
The City of Miami has unveiled a masterplan to protect against rising sea levels over the next 40 years. The 3.8 billion dollar plan includes a wide range of short and long term measures. These include traditional solutions, such as the construction of a huge levee that is already proving controversial. However, other more innovative measures are also being considered to co-exist with the water, such as strengthening the existing marshes and reefs to absorb waves, creating floating districts, turning streets into canals, and so on.
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Culture and identity
The port of Algeciras (Spain) restores and showcases its local heritage
The port authorities have submitted a plan to conserve and showcase the local heritage to the Board of Directors. An inventory of sites with heritage, historic, or artistic value has been created. It is an update of a project dating back to 2001, that now lists some 391 sites of interest. The project also includes preliminary plans for a Port Center, History Museum and Interpretation Centre. It will be created in a multipurpose building as part of the “Lago Maritimo” project in the City Port interface zone.
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Energy transition and circular economy
The circular economy all along the shipping industry supply chain
A new report by the “Sustainable Shipping Initiative” based in London (UK) claims that ships that reach the end of their lives can be almost completely recycled, by adopting recycling-friendly measures right from the design phase. Dockside operations and redevelopment of the City-Port interface are also positive for the circular economy, which is why the port of Antwerp (Belgium) is set to rehabilitate 88 hectares of brownfield land as a hub for recycling and activities using recovered products. The site will house production of biofuels, steel, polyols and even lithium batteries! Other candidates have until 21 October 2021 to join the initiative.
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Human capital
AIVP and AAPA strength their cooperation in Latin América
AIVP’s vice-president for Latin América, Carlos Mondaca, will join the Academic Advisory Board of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), reinforcing the cooperation between both organizations. The board is responsible to advise and determine the topics to be covered in the different congresses and panels, as well as the speakers to be invited. AIVP and AAPA have a long-lasting relationship and an MoU for foster collaboration, visible for example in the recent participation of AIVP in the AAPA 2020 Energy & Environment Seminar.
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Governance
Talcahuano (Chile): how City Port cooperation also served for reconstruction
In this interview we will focus on the subject of governance, particularly in the Chilean context, and on the legislation that created the “Port-City Councils”. There have been many innovations in Talcahuano, and other Chilean port cities, that could be of interest to our members, including the functioning of the Talcahuano Logistics Community (Comlog).
Interview with Rodrigo MONSALVE RIQUELME, General Manager and Guacolda VARGAS CRUZ, Director for Development and Sustainability.
The EMPRESA PORTUARIA TALCAHUANO SAN VICENTE is a member of AIVP since 2016.
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Culture and identity
Almeria (Spain): certain facilities on the Cable Inglés, a remarkable piece of industrial heritage that was used to export iron and steel, will be restored and exhibited in an interpretation centre
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Port City interface
In New York City, “Little Island” built on columns and designed by Heatherwick will house a waterfront park and 700-seater amphitheatre
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Culture and identity
Lemvig (Denmark): the Klimatorium is a climate research centre whose architecture is a nod to the city’s shipbuilding past
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Health and life quality
The new ballast water filtration system imposed by the IMO is causing shipyards to be inundated with work
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Human capital
Le Havre (France) gets a new institute providing training for careers in the offshore wind industry
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Health and life quality
BollorĂ© Ports launches a concept “green terminal” for its terminals in Tema (Ghana), Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Owendo (Gabon)
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