In Oslo (Norway), Hav Eiendom has completed the initial stages of the zoning plan for the new district of Grønlikaia. To promote interdisciplinarity and increase the breadth of proposals, 16 teams were selected to work on five sub-areas of the new district, which will be opened in 2026. All of these sub-areas will be mixed-use spaces and aim to increase waterfront accessibility for the public with harbour promenades and public urban spaces. The fifth area will create a buffer zone between the city and the Port of Oslo’s operation in Sydhavna. It will include a recreational area and emphasis will be placed on nature restoration.

eThekwini Municipality (South Africa) is partnering with Transnet, and the Province to develop a new masterplan for the waterfront along Margaret Mncadi Avenue. The goal is to transform this area into a new tourism and economic hub, including new public spaces and key facilities such as a museum, an exhibition centre, science centre, retail mall, and an African cultural centre. The new plan, in a very early stage, will also include four- and five-star hotels, apartments and a marina. Besides transforming Durban’s waterfront into a world-class tourism destination, other objectives include the developing water sports, new green areas and positive linkages between the yacht basin and the inner city.

On St. Patrick’s Day, on the 17^th of March, the 16^th annual Harbour2Harbour walk will take place from Howth Harbour to Dun Laoghaire Harbour in Dublin (Ireland). The Dublin Port Company’s historic pumphouse has been made available to host the midway break. The event, for which registration costs 25€ per person, expects around 2000 participants and will raise funds for the mental health organization Aware. During the 26km walk, participants will be able to see Dublin’s harbours, waterfront, and port and get to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day in a unique manner.

Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo (Mozambique) has established a special partnership with the Port of Maputo development company. The organisations are set to cooperate more closely in the fields of science and technology, as well as port management. The aim is also to open up the possibilities for new research in marine biology, the spatial integration of the port of Maputo, and its environmental and social impacts.

A scientific and industrial community in Seville (Spain) has signed a wide-ranging deal to accelerate research into nuclear fusion technology. The consortium Fusion2Grid, which includes prestigious universities and R&D centres including Princeton (USA), General Atomics (USA), Culham Science Centre (UK) and EUROfusion (UE), has chosen the port of Seville to host its pilot project dubbed TOKAMAK Smart. The port zone, a logistics hub in the Andalusia region, will provide the site for an experiment to reach 100,000,000°C, the temperature at which fusion takes place. It would represent another step towards nuclear fusion, which would revolutionise efforts to decarbonise industry and logistics..