International Port City News
28 april 2022
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Can’t make it to Tangier for the 17th World Conference Cities & Ports on INSPIRING BLUE FUTURES?
👉 Follow the conference LIVE on our platform! You will be able to easily access the sessions of the event (11, 12 May day and 13 May afternoon) and get in touch with the other participants #networking. The conference will be simultaneously translated into French, English and Spanish! Discover the programme here 👈
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Biodiversity
Ports are aiming to limit plastic and waste pollution
Ports are working to minimize plastic and waste pollution in their waters. Port of Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and GIDARA Energy announced the next advanced biofuels facility, which will convert non-recyclable waste into advanced methanol. Port of Antwerp (Belgium) is launching an innovation challenge to develop a solution to prevent the loss of pellets during further throughput. The Port of Barcelona (Spain) has doubled its specialized fleet to diminish pollution through the removal of floating waste from its inland waters. Lastly, CMA CGM has decided to no longer carry plastic waste on its ships after 15/04/2022 to help protect the oceans and biodiversity and ensure that the waste is not exported to destinations where sorting and recycling are not assured.
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Port City interface
Newark and New York (United States) look to improve urban resilience
Almost a year after storm Ida struck in July 2021, New York and Newark are moving to reinforce their resilience strategies aimed at creating a more permeable urban environment. Since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the two cities have been working with local stakeholders to anticipate the risk of flooding and design post-disaster scenarios. While New York is focusing on strengthening calls for tender in the field of landscape development, Newark is enlisting the help of engineering consultants from Arcadis to improve its strategy for the period up to 2070. Whatever happens, both cities will need to take flood defence measures into account in their economic and urban development ambitions.
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Port City interface
New port master plan for Astoria
After two years of the pandemic, negotiations for the development of Astoria’s waterfront are coming to an end. The plan will connect the industrial sites at Halletts Point with the rest of the peninsula, and include a new hotel. Depending on future circumstances, it could also mean a new market hall, fishing village, and promenade. Input from landscape architecture, urban design and planning firm Walker Macy helped to smooth the decision-making process, by offering a new perspective and suggesting innovative features. Further changes could be made to the master plan after it comes into effect in May 2022.
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Energy transition and circular economy
North Sea Port (Netherlands; Belgium) and the port of Gothenburg (Sweden) join forces
The two ports signed a five-year partnership agreement on 20 April. The collaboration aims at creating a network of medium-sized European ports to promote knowledge and experience sharing. North Sea Port and the port of Gothenburg are keen to strengthen their commercial interests and support freight shipping between them. They also aim to encourage the sharing of knowledge and best practices in certain sectors, such as renewables, sustainable development, and digitisation. All of these issues are covered in AIVP’s 2030 Agenda.
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Discover the programme of the 17th World Conference Cities & Ports
ation. The Conference will be translated into 3 languages immediately: French, English & Spanish!
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An AIVP delegation visits Indian Ocean port cities
Their mission aims to deepen the territorial diagnosis they realized remotely at the end of 2021, for the benefit of the Port Association of Indian Ocean Islands (PAIOI) and with the support of the French Development Agency (FDA). They will visit four major ports of the sub-region : port of Moroni (Comoroes), Port Réunion (La Réunion, France), Port Louis (Mauritius) and Port of Victoria (Seychelles). Local authorities will also be solicited, in line with the “city-port” approach defended by AIVP: the Municipality of Moroni, the Reunion Region, the Territoire de la Côte Ouest agglomeration community, the City of Le Port, the Municipality of Port-Louis or the Municipality of Victoria are included in the program of this delegation. Finally, this mission will allow the group to identify proposals for actions that will be included in a roadmap for the greening of Indian Ocean ports.
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Governance
Port Saint John (Canada) launches a new Sustainability Award for maritime sector companies to coincide with Port Days
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Antwerp, Zeebrugge (Belgium): Historic creation of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, following the merger of the former ports of Antwerp and Bruges
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Energy transition and circular economy
The first Mediterranean offshore windfarm “Beleolico” has been inaugurated by the Port of Taranto (Italy)
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Biodiversity
The Fijian islands are counting on nature-based solutions to tackle environmental challenges
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Climate change
Montreal (Canada): The Port joins the United Nations Global Compact on Earth Day
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