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13 June 2025

Opinion piece in Les Echos: “The blue economy is organizing, but time is running out”…

On June 13, 2025, the newspaper Les Echos published a collective opinion piece signed by […]

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11 June 2025

AIVP Engages in Key Dialogues Ahead of UNOC3 to Champion Sustainable Maritime Innovation and Coastal…

Nice & Monaco – June 2025 – In the lead-up to the third United Nations […]

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19 February 2025

Conference – (Re)Connecting River and City

On 10 and 11 March, Paris (France) will host a conference entitled “(Re)Connecting River and City – The Seine in Paris and the Ile-de-France: A Model for Nature Positive Approaches in World Heritage Cities for Climate Resilience”. The conference is being organised by Carola Hein, professor at TU Delft who currently holds a research residency at the Institut d’Etudes Avancées in Paris. AIVP’s General Manager Bruno Delsalle will address the conference during the session on links between climate action and urban logistics.  The Connected River project will also be represented by Benno Bultink, project lead at Rijkswaterstaat.

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29 January 2025

Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port initiates discussions on its future Port Centre

Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port is about to join the AIVP Port Center network. On 20 January 2025, Bruno DELSALLE - Managing Director of AIVP and Laureen GOLETTO - Project Manager, took part in discussions with the management committee.

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4 September 2024

Interview – City and Port of Sète

The Port of Sète Sud de France joined the AIVP in 2023 and the City of Sète in 2024. The players in Sète have succeeded in establishing a new dynamic of cooperation. Various projects have emerged to green the port and redevelop the city-port interface. That's why we wanted to interview François Commeinhes, Mayor of Sète, and Philippe Malagola, President of the Port of Sète.

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28 August 2024

SAFARI Project: questions for Caya HEIN – Project Leader – Green transition & Agenda 2030…

The European SAFARI (Safe, Climate Resilient Infrastructure) project aims to ensure the resilience of port infrastructure by maintaining the continuity of maritime trade, safeguarding the flow of goods and services even under adverse circumstances. European ports are exposed to multiple risks and vulnerabilities that can impact their operations, functionality, and efficiency during various climate-induced weather phenomena. The focus of the project is on developing a digital platform for emergency management of infrastructures so that they can maintain 80% port capacity during periods of disruption. Other goals include optimizing the allocation of multi-modal transport assets and management to minimize downtime during extreme weather events; implementing resilience measures; ensuring the safety of personnel, vessels and biodiversity; and building a governance model and guidelines to address climate risks and hazards for port infrastructure. This project is financed by Horizon 2020, a European Commission program. It runs from May 2024 to October 2027.

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25 June 2024

Interview with Sara Millot, director of the film Dockville

For several months, a camera followed the workers of the commercial port of Sète, focusing on their gestures, their rhythms, but also their stories and their culture. The history of the port area is intimately linked to that of the men who bring it to life and who embody this original link with the city. By staying close to the quays, Dockville takes the opportunity to listen to the people who inhabit this unique space, suspended between land and sea. From the top of the cranes, the edges of the slipways, the sheds and the fridges, this is a film about the deep-rooted attachment of port workers to their land.

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24 June 2024

Launch of the “River Port Cities” working group

On June 18 and 19, the Port Autonome de Strasbourg hosted the first meeting of the AIVP River Port Cities working group. Led by Bruno Delsalle, General Manager, and Noémi Mené, Project Manager in charge of the working group, the group brought together some fifteen people to identify the specific challenges facing river port cities, and to begin exploring possible solutions.

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17 June 2024

SAFARI Kick-Off: AIVP and members participate in the Official launch

The SAFARI project, focused on creating safe, climate resilient ports, is a European Horizon 2020 funded project. On June 13th and 14th, the project held its kick-off event at the University of Lille (France)

Lancement du projet SAFARI avec CAYA hein de l'AIVP
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2 May 2024

AIVP represented at the conference of the European Sea Ports Organization, where the key word…

The European Green Deal and its accompanying raft of legislation together form an ambitious political and legal framework. Europe’s ports are right behind the “Fit for 55” green targets.

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17 April 2024

Interview Green Corridors – Port of Dunkirk

The first initiative involves creating a green corridor between the ports of Dunkirk, Calais (France), and Dover (UK). It’s a zero-carbon cross-Channel trade route between the strait ports, in partnership with Europe’s leading ferry operator DFDS.

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6 March 2024

Visit from the Canal Department of Paris

On March 1, Arc'hantael Dorothé and Marie-Pierre Padovani from the Paris City Hall Canal Department paid us a visit at our offices in Le Havre.

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