{"id":5341,"date":"2025-06-03T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2025\/06\/03\/greenport-congress-2025-bigger-and-better\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:16:20","slug":"greenport-congress-2025-bigger-and-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/projects-initiatives-greenport\/greenport-congress-2025-bigger-and-better\/","title":{"rendered":"GreenPort Congress 2025: Bigger and better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marking its 20th anniversary, this year\u2019s event will be hosted in Valletta, Malta from 15 to 17 October and will see the Congress joining forces with Transport Malta and EOPSA to deliver a dynamic fusion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-cruise-and-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GreenPort Congress<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/shoretoship.mt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DTF: Shore to Ship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is more than a conference, it\u2019s a catalyst for change,\u201d said Dr Christopher Wooldridge, science coordinator at EcoPorts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re building a platform for port professionals to exchange practical insights that lead to measurable environmental progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green pioneers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leading the 2025 event are three pioneering figures: Dr Christopher Wooldridge, Dr Mark van der Veen and Dr Mart\u00ed Puig Duran.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Wooldridge is science coordinator, EcoPorts (European Sea Ports Organization) and senior trainer, ECO Sustainable Logistic Chain Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>A pioneer in port environmental management, Chris has been shaping global best practices since 1982. His expertise underpins the EcoPorts tools used in ports across Europe, Asia and the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Mark van der Veen is director, Graduate School of Business, University of Amsterdam and is a&nbsp;champion of sustainable strategy. Mark brings a business lens to environmental challenges, with research focused on green product innovation and port-sector transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00ed Puig Duran is a chemical engineer &amp; lecturer at Polytechnic University of Catalonia and he is also&nbsp;the scientific coordinator of EcoPorts, Mart\u00ed is a driving force behind the ESPO Environmental Report and a respected researcher in port sustainability performance.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they\u2019ll guide discussions at the event on the latest innovations driving greener, smarter port operations worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>As sustainability climbs higher on the maritime agenda, GreenPort Congress 2025 will also be exploring key themes including emissions reduction, ESG integration and digital environmental tools, offering ports a roadmap to long-term success.<\/p>\n<p>Register now at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-cruise-and-congress\/book\/delegate-bookings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GreenPort Congress<\/a> and use code GPCEARLY for 20% off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GreenPort Congress 2025 promises to be its most impactful yet, spotlighting port decarbonisation, sustainability and global best practice in port environmental management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,8],"tags":[2115,849,570,2053],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-greenport-congress","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-eopsa","tag-greenport-congress","tag-mercator-media-ltd","tag-transport-malta"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341","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=5341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5343,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341\/revisions\/5343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5341"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}