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3 January 2023

2022 in short: Port-Cities leading the recovery

The year 2022 has been filled with many important events impacting port-cities around the world. Since the start of the year, topics linked to the AIVP Agenda 2030 have paralleled innovative actions of ports and cities. Port cities have been in the spotlight, combining global connectivity and local actions.

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21 December 2022

Auckland: city and port reach an agreement to move the port and develop mobility solutions

The Ministry of Transport has brokered a deal between the port of Auckland (New Zealand) […]

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21 December 2022

Flemish ports tackle the CO2 issue with liquefaction or recycling

The steel industry is CO2 intensive, and involves processes that are difficult to decarbonise. One […]

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21 December 2022

A Port City Atlas for European Port City Territories

The “Port City Atlas - Mapping European Port City Territories: From Understanding to Design” is co-authored by AIVP expert Carola Hein and Yvonne van Mil and Lucija Azman-Momirski. It provides an analytical study of the complexity of port cities in Europe. The AIVP supported the creation by contacting many port and city members of the AIVP. The Atlas is prefaced by AIVP president Edouard Philippe.

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21 December 2022

Libreville (Gabon) is constructing a green port-city

The Gabonese government has been developing a green city project in “La Baie des Rois”, […]

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21 December 2022

Adriatic ports are sites of cultural exchanges

The 7th of December marked the official presentation of the International Educational project “Sea and […]

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20 December 2022

6th Meeting of the AIVP – MedCruise Working Group on Cruises and Port Cities 

AIVP and MedCruise hosted together on the 12th of December the 6th meeting of the common Working Group focusing on cruises and port cities. The group exchanged good practices and debate new policies and solutions relevant for the cruise sector aimed at reducing their impact in port cities and finding a balance relationship.  

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14 December 2022

Baku: a port terminal to be turned into an Arts Centre

To mark the 120th anniversary of its founding, the Port of Baku (Azerbaijan) has decided […]

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14 December 2022

The province of British Columbia and the port of Vancouver join forces to test alternative…

Hydrogen-powered gantry cranes, electrified dock loading equipment, efficient biofuel storage for ferries: these are among […]

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14 December 2022

EMPA published its recommendations on environmental sustainability

The European Maritime Pilot’s Association (EMPA) has published its Recommendation No32, highlighting the importance of […]

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14 December 2022

Environmental impacts and social acceptability of ports

This subject was at the centre of the intervention of Bruno Delsalle, General Manager of the AIVP, at the opening of the National Port Research Day - organised in the Senate on 9th December last, on the initiative of Professor Sophie Cros of the University of Le Havre and Professor Florence Lerique, of the University of Bordeaux. The debates centred on the question of port attractiveness, interport cooperation and coopetition.

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14 December 2022

Antwerp port: new cycle path embraces the circular economy

The Port of Antwerp Bruges (Belgium) is breaking ground on mobility and circularity simultaneously with […]

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