EcoPorts renew their environmental commitment

The Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena and Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón have both renewed their EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS) reasserting their commitment to addressing environmental issues

“Spain has currently the highest number of PERS certified seaports in the EU. With the re-certification of the ports of Cartagena and Castellón, these ports help keeping Spain on top of the EcoPorts list,” said Isabelle Ryckbost, ESPO secretary general.

Green commitment

This is the second time that Cartagena achieves the PERS certification and an impressive sixth occasion the Port of Castellón achieves the standard.

In 2016, Cartagena was shortlisted for the ESPO Award competition for its ambitious project on nature protection and conservation.

Port of Castellón meanwhile is putting the emphasis on sustainable growth by aiming at developing in compliance with Europe’s Blue Growth Strategy.

It has been PERS-certified since 2009, joining the EcoPorts Network in its starting phase. The Port Authority of Cartagena has also been a long-standing EcoPorts member since 2006.

Both Cartagena and Castellón rejoin the EcoPorts community, comprising of 102 different members from 25 nations.

PERS is the only port-specific environmental standard. Compliance with the EcoPorts’ PERS standard is independently assessed by Lloyd’s Register and the certificate has a validity of two years.