{"id":5392,"date":"2025-06-23T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2025\/06\/23\/whats-on-the-agenda-for-greenport-congress-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:16:36","slug":"whats-on-the-agenda-for-greenport-congress-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/europe-greenport\/whats-on-the-agenda-for-greenport-congress-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Whats on the agenda for GreenPort Congress 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-cruise-and-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GreenPort Congress<\/a> is a premier platform for learning and networking, bringing together port authorities, terminal operators, logistics professionals and environmental experts from the global maritime and logistics sectors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Programme preview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Across the two-day event running form 15 to 17 October, attendees will gain insights from leading experts on key topics including carbon reduction, renewable energy integration and the future of eco-efficient maritime trade, all designed to shape the next generation of green ports.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress will be kicked off by the joint hosts of the event, with a welcome by&nbsp;Norbert Grech, senior manager &#8211; Onshore Power Supply &#8211; Grand Harbour Shore to Ship Project, Transport Malta &amp; member of board of directors, European Onshore Power Supply Association (EOPSA) and&nbsp;Roland Teixeira de Mattos, president, EOPSA.<\/p>\n<p>Day one will also feature an important discussion on strategy for resilience and decarbonisation with&nbsp;Isabelle Ryckbost, secretary general, ESPO and&nbsp;Lamia Kerdjoudj, secretary general, FEPORT. They will look at challenges for EU ports and outline their expectations at a time when the European Commission is developing the EU Ports Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will also see&nbsp;Niels van Kouwen Maritime and resilience consultant\/specialist at HaskoningDHV, talk about the development of a new guide on implementing Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in ports.<\/p>\n<p>Ignacio Benitez, PhD, senior project manager at Fundaci\u00f3n Valenciaport, will talk about the BlueBARGE Project, which develops a modular, flexible offshore power-barge to reduce emissions from moored and anchored vessels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year GreenPort Congress is joining forces with Transport Malta, the Shore to Ship Conference and EOPSA, creating a powerful alliance to address the most pressing environmental challenges and opportunities facing ports and the maritime sector.<\/p>\n<p>The unified format provides delegates with access to both GreenPort and Shore to Ship conference sessions, giving a comprehensive perspective on decarbonisation, energy transition and sustainable port operations.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will take place from 15 to 17 October at the Boiler Wharf, Valletta Port, Malta.&nbsp;More information from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-cruise-and-congress\">https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-cruise-and-congress<\/a>&nbsp;or contact the GPC team at <a href=\"mailto:sales@greenportcongress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sales@greenportcongress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-cruise-and-congress?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=EML-2025-04-17-GPC%20LAUNCH&amp;utm_content=EML-2025-04-17-GPC%20LAUNCH+CID_4e6c03f993cc9db90b27a301668e9b0e&amp;utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&amp;utm_term=BOOK%20YOUR%20PLACE%20NOW%20TO%20SAVE%2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register<\/a>&nbsp;now as a delegate for a 20% early bird discount using the code GPCEARLY&nbsp;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0provisional programme\u00a0for the 2025 GreenPort Congress is now available with some notable names being added to the line-up of speakers for the two day event being held in Malta in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,57],"tags":[2115,849,2053],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-greenport","category-news-greenport-congress","tag-eopsa","tag-greenport-congress","tag-transport-malta"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392","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=5392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5394,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392\/revisions\/5394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5392"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}