Join nearly 200 participants from port authorities, terminal operators, shipping lines and other port stakeholders from 30 countries, in Barcelona this week!<\/p>\n
The 9th GreenPort Congress and 2nd GreenPort Cruise Conference hosted by the Port of Barcelona, will take place at the World Trade Centre, from 14-17 October 2014. The Congress programme, will cover topics that affect all maritime ports and terminals, including:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Customers, users and stakeholders perception of a Green Port
\u2022 Tools for green ports to respond to stakeholders\u2019 expectations \u2013 working groups
\u2022 Global versus regional regulations on shipping related aspects and impact on ports
\u2022 Green ports meeting forthcoming challenges \u2013 working groups
\u2022 Financing opportunities for green port projects
\u2022 Ongoing green port projects<\/p>\n
The one day Conference will cover the following topics:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Onshore Power Supply (cold ironing) or LNG?
\u2022 Waste management
\u2022 Improving cruise ship terminals
\u2022 Port-City interface panel discussion<\/p>\n
As well as being informed on the latest policy and technology, delegates will also have the opportunity to participate in working groups and to share their first-hand experience with peers from across the global logistics chain.<\/p>\n
Furthermore Congress and Conference participants are invited to join the following side events, which are designed to facilitate networking, knowledge building and relationship building:<\/p>\n
Welcome Reception \u2013 Tuesday 14 October<\/strong> Gala Dinner \u2013 Wednesday 15 October<\/strong> Tour of Barcelona Port \u2013 Friday 17 October<\/strong> Options are available to book combined tickets to attend the GreenPort Congress and GreenPort Cruise Conference or as separate events.<\/p>\n To book your place<\/a>, email congress@greenport.com<\/a> or call the Events Team on +44 1329 825335.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 9th GreenPort Congress and 2nd GreenPort Cruise Conference takes place this week at the World Trade Centre, Barcelona. Hosted by the Port of Barcelona, the event will bring together the whole port community and will be a platform for the exchange of information on the latest in sustainable environmental practice and will help maritime ports and terminals to reduce their carbon foot prints whilst becoming more sensitive to the environmental considerations, which is vital to their future success. Book your place today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-11972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-greenport-congress"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11974,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11972\/revisions\/11974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11972"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=11972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Participants at the GreenPort Congress and GreenPort Cruise Conference are invited to come along to the Welcome Reception, which is being held on the 14 October and is hosted by the Port of Barcelona at the magnificent Sala Maritima, Hotel Grand Marina. This is an excellent way to meet fellow delegates in a relaxed environment.<\/p>\n
All participants at the GreenPort Congress are invited to attend the Gala Dinner, a fantastic networking opportunity being hosted by the Port of Barcelona and being held at the Museu Maritim de Barcelona (Barcelona Maritime Museum). Discussions started during the day will undoubtedly be continued, in the beautiful setting of the Maritime Museum.<\/p>\n
All GreenPort Congress participants are invited to join the Port of Barcelona tour on Friday 17 October 2014 taking place from 10.00-12.00. Get an insight into the workings of this incredibly busy port during the tour.<\/p>\n