GreenPort Congress 2015 Call for Papers

Provisional topics to be covered at the Congress, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, include how to maintain a green strategy in a tough economic climate, how to meet changing legislation, and best practice relating to noise, waste, climate change, port hinterland buffer zones, hinterland infrastructure.

Topics also up for discussion are changing expectations of a ‘green’ port; the impact of the ECA 0.1% sulphur regulations so far; evaluating consequences, control sanctions and new LNG solutions; port/city relationships; inland logistics and EU transport corridors, and the ESPO GreenGuide.

Running alongside the Congress will be the third GreenPort Cruise Conference, which will focus on the impacts the increase in cruise passenger numbers is having on ports, cruise lines and service providers to the sector.

Paper submissions for the GreenPort Congress and GreenPort Cruise Conference are invited from port authorities, port users, port and cruise terminal operators, logistics companies, shippers, shipping lines, suppliers of equipment and services to the port community, classification societies, consultants and NGOs. Click here for a full list of topics.

Abstracts should be no longer than 200 words and should be received by 10 April 2015 at the latest. Please include a picture (jpeg) and biography of the speaker. All abstracts should be sent to congress@greenport.com.

For further information on presenting, sponsoring, exhibiting or attending the GreenPort Congress and GreenPort Cruise Conference, please contact Isobel Roberts on: +44 1329 825335 or email congress@greenport.com.