On 6 and 7 October, more than 370 people were rescued off the Libyan coast after their vessels were detected on satellite images taken as part of Frontex’s Eurosur Fusion Services.
European subvention programs offer opportunities for companies linked to the port of Antwerp. These programs are not always well known and are often considered as quite complex.
The waste notification has been aligned with MARPOL Annex 5 via secondary legislation and the European Parliament has accepted the changes on 15 September 2015. Once published in the European Journal, the new revised Annex 5 (?) will enter into...
Getting a fully-loaded cargo ship across an entire ocean requires enormous amounts of energy—usually derived from pollutant-rich diesel fuel. But environmentally-minded shipping companies have started bucking that convention and...
During the G7 summit in Elmau at the start of June 2015, the G7 heads of state and government decided on a G7 action plan to combat marine litter and expressly committed themselves to concrete measures. Establishing practical measures were on the...
Our Euroshore member, Hellenic Environmental Centre, uses double bottom and double hull floating separators equipped with the most modern mechanical and electronic systems.
Istaç is a 100% public owned company, belonging to the City of Istanbul, serves the ports, shipyards, fishery ports and marinas in the province of Istanbul. The company operates a fleet of 16 ships, has a total waste collection...
Microplastics, tiny bits of plastic measuring 5 millimeters or less, are often the result of larger pieces of plastic breaking down on land before making it into the ocean.
Ever since people started to travel by ship, they have inadvertently carried “pests” with them, including diseases, rats and, largely unnoticed, marine organisms. Historical records and studies on modern replicas indicate that wooden...
The rationalization of waste oil collection and treatment companies change the sector.
EPE (Environmental Protection Engineering SA) has been developing innovative machinery for water treatment and environmental response services for 38 years and as such provides worldwide solutions for the maritime sector. EPE was founded on 1977...
The fourth plenary meeting of the European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF) was held at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels on June 16. At this meeting the mandate of the ESSF, which normally would end in December 2015 got extended for...
Euroshore is asked as member in the Digital Transport and Logistics Forum (DTLF), an initiative of DG Move.
The Euroshore meeting took place in the Kolin Hotel in Canakkale (Turkey) on the 28th of May 2015 and was hosted by the Port of Canakkale.
GreenPort Congress is a platform for the exchange of information on sustainable environmental best practice and helps maritime ports become more sensitive to the environmental considerations.
The GreenPort Cruise conference highlights the environmental and sustainability issues facing Cruise terminals across the world.
A number of reception facilities offer a vapour recovery service, using different techniques. MTD, located in the port of Antwerp, operates a vapour recovery unit in which the vapours are absorbed on active carbon. Installations such as ESSO and...
A subgroup on Port Reception Facilities has been established under the European Commission’s European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF) without prejudice to the role of the COSS Committee (Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of...
Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Workers though, enjoy none of the benefits of that profit; wages are barely enough to...
The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) together with Euroshore started a sampling campaign on about 15 vessels equipped with scrubbers. The idea is to analyze the effluent of open loop scrubbers and the sludge of closed loop...
Euroshore-member SEREP specializes in industrial outflow treatment and hydrocarbon reprocessing needs. Located in major marine port of Le Havre it offers water treatment at the source or in the SEREP treatment and reprocessing centre.
Sustainable soap factory signs an agreement with fishermen to catch the plastic that pollute the sea and reuse it for new packaging. A success in France and Belgium, the marine waste fishing project could be exported to Denmark.
2014 was a transitional year. Although volumes in ports were picking up, the overall maritime business climate is still slacking. We noticed shipping lines have started to consolidate and/or collaborate to reduce costs and optimize their vessel...
Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the English Channel and the North Sea, France is perfectly placed for access to and from Western Europe and beyond. With its dedicated army of employees, the French ports can be relied upon...
