ESPO Award 2014 to honour the port with the best innovative environmental project

The ESPO Award 2014 will be addressing innovative port projects that lead to environmental improvement for the benefit of the wider port and local community.

Reducing the environmental impact of port operations and improving the local environmental conditions for the people working and living around the port are key success factors for the societal integration of ports. In fact, ports grant and maintain their license to operate and to grow from their local communities. Therefore, through the award, ESPO hopes to identify and promote innovative projects set up by ports that address the typical port-city concerns in the environmental field such as local air pollution, water pollution, noise, dust, odours.

The Award was established in 2009 to promote innovative projects of port authorities that improve societal integration of ports, especially with the city or wider community in which they are located. In this way, the Award wants to stimulate the sustainable development of European ports and their cities. The previous winners were: the Port of Gijón (2009), the Port of Helsinki (2010), the Ports of Stockholm (2011), the Port of Genoa (2012) and the Port of Antwerp (2013). The call for proposals is open. Project submissions must be received by the ESPO secretariat by 1 July at the latest.

The sixth ESPO Award will be officially handed out during ESPO’s Award Ceremony and Port Night taking place on 4 November in Brussels.

The terms of reference and application form can be found on www.espo.be.