International Port City News
7 april 2022
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Atarim group, a new member of the AIVP, will be participating at the AIVP’s 17th World Conference in May as speakers! They will share their knowledge on Blue Economy innovation in the round table : Principles, challenges and levers for the Blue Economy (Wednesday 11th May). .
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Energy transition and circular economy
Cities and the circular economy
Sometimes summarised as the virtuous circle of “Reduce-Reuse-Recycle”, the concept of the circular economy is in fact more complex and implies rethinking the way cities are designed. The different strategies associated with the circular economy require a holistic approach to each district or city. This may be based on a new form of governance, founded on co-construction with citizens and users of services and infrastructures. This was notably the case with Schoonschip, an innovative circular district in Amsterdam.
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Governance
Port Hope (Canada): consultation for the waterfront
Local authorities, partner enterprises and the Canadian Government have come up with a strategic plan for various parts of the waterfront and the neighbouring district. The aim is to provide facilities and infrastructures and to identify new uses for these sites, which bear numerous traces of their industrial past. A working group with a public consultation committee was set up in 2020. A series of public workshops have also been held since 2021, to obtain feedback and suggestions.
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Culture and identity
The Port of Barcelona’s fish market (Spain) gets a makeover.
The port of Barcelona has unveiled plans to renovate the fish market, with work due to begin by the end of the year. The project has been designed in conjunction with the fishers’ guild, with investment of €8 million. For the President of the port of Barcelona, the project is “late in coming”, but “settles a historic debt with the fishers of Barcelona”. The new fish market, a building of 3,233 m² equipped with 359 solar panels, will be constructed opposite the Torre del Rellotge. The renovation also means reorganising Port Vell to create better access for the public, including via the construction of a walkway.
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Energy transition and circular economy
European Green Corridors Network fortifies the Clydebank Declaration
The Port Authorities of Gdynia (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Roenne (Denmark), Rotterdam (the Netherlands), and Tallinn (Estonia) are partnering with the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping to lay the foundations for the green corridor serving Northern Europe and the Baltic. To achieve this zero-emission maritime route, a phased approach will be used. The technical, regulatory, and commercial feasibility of identified routes, vessels, and fuels will be assessed before implementing the corridor. This collaboration by major ports provides the necessary zero-carbon fuels at required bunkering scales for the decarbonization of the maritime sector.
This project announcement supports the Clydebank Declaration made at COP26 in Glasgow. This is the third green corridor implemented and more can be expected as Singapore will sign the declaration.
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Culture and identity
The virtual Port Center of Taranto (Italy) is now online!
The port of Taranto is opening up to the city and the international public with its “Taranto Open Port” platform. The website, designed as an interactive resource for educating people about maritime and port culture, also aims to promote interaction for international cultural exchanges. To that end, Taranto Open Port is arranged in seven theme-based sections: the project, the port, port life, the port’s inhabitants, timeline, art, rites and myths, and finally a blog for discussing all of these themes. New content will eventually be added to the site, and changes will be made to reflect the port city’s future development.
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Goodbye and thanks
The time has come for me to retire. After 30 years working in AIVP.
30 years is a long time, but it has seemed short. This feeling is a clear sign of how interesting it has been to work in our international network!
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Biodiversity
Atarim: Blue Innovators
Atarim manages and develops the Tel-Aviv – Yafo Coastline (Israel), paying special attention to the coastal ecosystem with its research center Migdalor and by supporting the creation of innovative technology. Through its various ventures Atarim group is in line with several of the goals of our AIVP 2030 Agenda. They look forward to collaborating and exchanging ideas with the other members on best practices in coastal management and adaptation to climate change.
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Interface ville port
3rd Meeting of the AIVP – MedCruise Working Group on Cruises and Port Cities.
On Thursday, 31 March 2022 AIVP and MedCruise held the third meeting of the joint Working Group on Cruises and Port Cities that, thanks to its 25 members covering 10 countries around the world, represents a unique cooperation practice in the field of port-city relations. As for the previous meeting, Silvia Coppolino Director of the MedCruise BoD, and José Sanchez Director of Agenda AIVP 2030, co-hosted the online rendez-vous. The meeting also counted with the moderation of Aimilia Papachristou, general secretary of MedCruise.
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Climate change
Video – Update on the “Indian Ocean Green Ports” study led by AIVP
The President of the Association des Ports des Iles de l’OcĂ©an Indien (APIOI), Mr. Ramalingum Maistry, was keen to give us an update on the study carried out by the AIVP concerning the green transition of Indian Ocean port cities.
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Port City interface
On the waterfront in Fukuoka (Japan), visitors can now sleep by the water’s edge in a national park
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Port City interface
Rostock (Germany): an archaeological museum set to open on a former port site close to the historic city
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Culture and identity
With few buildings having survived the explosion at the port of Beirut, the silos could be turned into a memorial
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Health and life quality
Flotte Hamburg and TU Hamburg Partner to Make the City’s Inland Shipping Fleet Zero-Emissions to Improve Air Quality
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Energy transition and circular economy
“Getting to Zero” Coalition: the number of initiatives aimed at cutting ship emissions has almost doubled in one year.
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Human capital
Valencia (Spain): Opentop launches “Valenciaport Hackathon II”; to be held between 6 and 8 May 2022.
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Health and life quality
Belfast Harbour (Ireland) Partners with Stena Line Belfast Giants to launch the Healthy Lifestyle Programme for Local Schools
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