ESPO award 2016

This year’s theme is Nature in Ports, and the winner will be the port authority that succeeds the best in safeguarding and further upgrading the nature and ecosystem in the port area.

The award will also acknowledge ports that have succeed in opening up these areas for the people living around the area to let them enjoy that nature, notwithstanding ISPS restrictions.

Pat Cox, chairman of the ESPO award jury, said: “It has been a great pleasure to chair my first ESPO selection jury. What it revealed has been an impressive standard of entries from a diverse geographical spread. In selecting a shortlist, we did so conscious that in such a context there are no losers.”

“What our five chosen entries capture and express are the capacity and qualities that permit them to act as a demonstration effect of good practice.”

The winner of this year’s ESPO Award will be announced during the Award Ceremony taking place on 9 November in Brussels.

Last year the award was won the by the Port of Dublin in recognition of its strategies in making schools and universities aware of their local port and its activities.

The Port of Guadeloupe also received a special mention from the jury for its project ‘discovering my port’ which focused on the port’s commitment to preserving the environment.