Port City Insights: This weekly strategic monitoring service on City Port news is reserved for you as a member of the AIVP
Edition of 23 February 2023
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The AIVP invites you to a webinar with the ports of the Indian Ocean: together we will tackle the question of their resilience facing climate change, which is particularly affecting these islands, but also the challenges connected to the energy transition and to the port-city interface. Tuesday 28 February 2023 (11:00 – 12:30 CET Western and Central European Time / 13:00 – 14:30 Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte Time / 14:00 – 15:30 Mauritius, La RĂ©union, Seychelles Time)
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Energy transition and circular economy
The port of Miami installs the worldâs largest shore power system
Since 2021, Miami-Dade County (United States), which is responsible for the port of Miami, called for the process of rolling out shore power facilities at its cruise terminals to be accelerated. The stated aim was to put PortMiami, renowned globally as one of the worldâs biggest cruise ports, at the forefront of the energy transition. Five of the ten cruise ship berths will be âshore power-readyâ by the end of 2023, using systems supplied by Danish firm PowerCon. Miami-Dade County expects air quality to improve significantly once the systems are activated. The port has embarked on close collaboration with cruise operators in recent years.
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Energy transition and circular economy
Accra hosts Africaâs first conference on maritime decarbonisation
Several deliverables were announced at the first ever African conference on maritime decarbonisation. The event was organised by the Ghanaian maritime authority in Accra, under the patronage of the IMO. Concrete measures include Somaliaâs programme of training for women in the maritime sector. The ITF presented a report which found that there will be 90,000 job vacancies in the maritime sector by 2026, representing a major opportunity for African workers. Funding has also been unlocked across Africa for port infrastructures, including bunkering of low-carbon fuels, as well as training and human capital.
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Port City interface
New Port-City Plan of Valencia highlights sports complex
The council of ministers of Spain has approved a crucial section of the ambitious port-city plan, Plan Natzaret, to be developed in Valencia, which will make 230.000 sqm available for citizens. The sports complex of the Levante UD will have 95.000 sqm, including training facilities, football fields, and a residence for athletes, besides several green areas for the citizens. The Port Authority will give a 35-year lease, with a potential 10-year extension. The area will both work as a buffer between the port activities and the Natzaret neighborhood and as a socio-economic catalyst for an area suffering an unemployment rate of 50%. The Plan will also include another 4 major actions, besides the sport complex, such as the Turia riverbed par, tertiary use areas, Marblau facilities (including a youth centre, popular university and museum of the Huerta) and the Natzaret South Park. A green corridor will connect the different areas with other neighborhoods. Â
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Health and life quality
A new Food Hub in Trieste
The Municipality of Trieste (Italy) and the Port System Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea are collaborating on a project which will create a new logistics center and a fruit and vegetable market in the former Prosecco Station area. The project, estimated at 65MâŹ, entitled âTrieste Fresh Hubâ will create a food hub separated into two parts. One will provide temperature-controlled goods to the port of Trieste and will serve as a hub to distribute foods locally and regionally. The other will be a strategic marketplace, occupying 2700 m2. This market will reduce the environmental impact of agri-food transport in the region, improve the storage and traceability of products, and improve accessibility of operators. The structure has also been designed to reduce its environmental footprint.
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Energy transition and circular economy
Saint John involves citizens to shape its sustainable future
The Port and City of Saint John (Canada) have taken several steps to promote citizen participation in shaping their sustainable future. The port partnered with Pond-Deshpande Centre to invite students from New Brunswick to participate in a business plan competition to stimulate ways for the Port to engage with its tenants and customers on the question of collectively reducing GHG emissions. With applications due on March 10th, the port seeks to be challenged by the young, local thinkers. The City, also wishing to ensure a joint discussion on sustainability, has invited the public to provide feedback on the Cityâs Community Energy Action Plan on March 2nd.
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Webinar â Green Ports of the Indian Ocean
AIVP invites you to a webinar discussing the “Green Ports of the Indian Ocean”, on the 28/02/2023, organised in partnership with the Agence Française de DĂ©veloppement and APIOI. The first conclusions of a study carried out for over a year on the greening of ports will be presented to you.
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JosĂ© Sanchez will moderate a session during The World Ocean Summit â The Economist
The World Ocean Summit is an annual global event bringing together the widest cross-section of the ocean community from business and finance to governments, national and international policy-makers, civil society and academia.
José Sanchez will moderate the session Transitioning ports to blue economy hubs . You can get avail 20% discount on your registration by using this code: AIVP20
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Biodiversity
Indonesia will deploy waste interceptors in 60 rivers to tackle plastic pollution and collected waste will contribute to the circular economy
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Governance
The French State Secretariat for the Sea launches a mobile application which provides information on maritime regulations, buoyage and biodiversity
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Health and life quality
The Port of Bahia Blanca (Argentina) has installed its third environmental monitoring buoy, developed by local researchers.
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Port City interface
New pedestrian bridge strengths the port-city collaboration in Santurtzi â Bilbao (Spain). The infrastructure is part of the agreement signed in 2022.
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Biodiversity
Maersk is working with Ecocéan to recreate the marine habitat on the waterfront in Copenhagen (Denmark)
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Human capital
In Rotterdam (Netherlands), the public has been invited to submit creative ideas for developing Maasvlakte II
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