Add this year’s GreenPort Congress to your calendar

This year’s conference programme features a first day of port and cruise sessions on 18 October, followed by a second operator-focused day on 19 October, focusing exclusively on the environmental issues affecting commercial ports and terminals.

“We are pleased to announce the 2023 host of the Congress and look forward to the important insight and knowledge that Port of Lisbon will bring to the conference,” said Andrew Webster, chief executive of Mercator Media, the conference organiser.

Programme highlights

The GreenPort Congress & Cruise conference brings together the whole port community and is a platform for the exchange of information on the latest in sustainable environmental practice. 

The 2023 conference will cover a wide range of themes including climate change, port infratstructure, green bunkering and offshore renewables.

The opening keynote session will cover: Climate Change: Energy efficiency, GHG emissions reduction and adaptation, with a panel including Isabelle Ryckbost, secretary general, ESPO, Nicolette van der Jagt, director general, CLECAT and Isabel Moura Ramos, executive board member, Port of Lisbon Authority.

The risks to ports and shipping from climate change are increasing. This panel will discuss options available to combat these risks hearing from ports, shippers and companies across the maritime industry.

Also on the agenda is a panel discussion with experts including Richard WIllis, technical director port operations & technology, RoyalHaskoningDHV, Miika Murremäki, head of digital solutions, Kalmar, Pablo Galán, head of business development, e-nquest and S5 Agency World, which will be discussing process improvement and how digitalisation plus equipment and technology can be used for monitoring the logistics chain.

The conference will also be used to exclusively launch both the ESPO Environmental report and the ECO SLC Environmental Report.

Experts from Port of Lisbon will be present at the conference, speaking to delegates on their current developments.

“To host the GreenPort Congress & Cruise conference in Lisbon is a unique opportunity to gather the port community to discuss port sustainability issues and to showcase the Portuguese practice and expertise in the transition to a greener, digitalised and decarbonised port ecosystem,” said Carlos Correia, chairman of the board of Port of Lisbon Authority.

Port of Lisbon is the third-largest port in Portugal, visited by more than 2000 vessels every year and has a container capacity of more than one million teu. Its 14 terminals, handled more than 11 million tonnes in 2022 and receive different types of cargo including containers, liquid, solid bulk and breakbulk.

Lisbon’s state-of-the-art cruise terminal saw around 500,000 passengers and 327 calls in 2022. With a unique location in the Tagus estuary, holding vast areas of Natura 2000 network and surrounded by 11 municipalities, the port must contend with balancing economic, social, cultural and environmental interests.

The full conference programme is available from the GreenPort conference website: https://www.portstrategy.com/greenport-cruise-and-congress/the-conference/conference-programme

Delegates can book now to take advantage of an early bird offer which gives 20% off both combined and cruise delegate passes. Book online and use the discount code GPCEARLY for discounts on combined rates and GPCrEARLY for discounts on cruise rates.

For more information contact the events team on +44 1329 825335 or email congress@greenport.com