Conferenza a Barcellona su porti e ambiente

Il 23 e 24 ottobre prossimi si svolgerà a Barcellona la prima conferenza organizzata da Ecoports, il progetto di ricerca finanziato dall'UE per l'armonizzazione della gestione dell'ambiente nei porti a cui partecipano numerosi porti europei. Nel corso dell'incontro, intitolato "Ports and the Environment: common challenges, practical solutions", saranno presentate le esperienze acquisite sui principali temi ambientali dai porti partecipanti al progetto.

Thursday 23 October 2003

9.30 - 9.45 Scope and challenges of the first ECOPORTS conference

Conference Chairman: David Whitehead
Chairman European Seaports Organisation ESPO, British Ports Association

State-of-affairs in Europe, ESPO Environmental Code of Practice 2003; Follow up ESPO Environmental Review; ECOPORTS PERS Certificate; ESPO Environmental Benchmark 2003

9.45 - 10.30 Welcome

Port of Barcelona	Mr. Joaquim Tosas i Mir President Port Authority of Barcelona
European Commission	Mr. Diego Tereulinkx (invited) DG TREN, European Commission Mrs. Nicola Robinson DG Environment, European Commission
Puertos del Estado	N.n. (invited) Chairman of the board
ECOPORTS	Mr. Herman Journée Chairman EcoPorts Foundation, Port of Amsterdam

10.30 - 11.00 Break

11.00 - 12.00 Environment & Ports anno 2003 from different perspectives

Ports point of View

Mr. Jordi Vila
Head of Environmental Department

The European ports' strategy: create level playing field, bottom up approach, concept of self control, initiatives since 1993, many practical results (e.g. Soil project, ECO-information, ECOPORT and many local projects), Self Diagnosis Method, European benchmark of port performance, growing network of ports, the value of the EcoPorts Foundation.

Port industry perspective (energy)

Mr. Leendert van den Ende (invited)
Shell International / Global Solutions

Many port related environmental issues are emerging at terminal of port industries. The port authorities play an important role in creating the proper framework to operate. The industrial companies have to ensure a solid environmental management scheme. Shell has many facilities in ports around Europe. What kind of differences does Shell encounter in local environmental policy? Where is Shell seeing opportunities to set up new collaborations with port authorities, NGO's and other industrial parties, to promote and concretise sustainable development, to ensure their 'license to operate'?

Port industry perspective (food)

Mr. Jack van den Hoek
Cargill Spain

Cargill has been active in Spain since 1960 and today employs about 1,100 people in Cargill Espana, S.A. at 22 locations. Headquarters are located in San Cugat, near Barcelona. Primary activities include animal feed formulation, production and distribution; commodity trading and food ingredient processing and distribution, as well as production of starches, glucose and fructose syrups and apyrogenic dextrose.

City development perspective

Mr. Philip Tidd
DEGW

With an architectural and design background, Philip is managing director of DEGW's operations in the Benelux. Philip joined DEGW in 1990 and between 1992-96 was the Director responsible for the Berlin based DEGW Deutschland GmbH. During this time he led the substantial and award-winning urban regeneration project for the former Carl Zeiss Hauptwerk in Jena. (http://www.degw.com)
An important element in ECOPORTS is the Port-City relationship. For both cities and ports, the limited possibilities to extend often lead to discussions and problems. The experience of DEGW in this field. How can city developers and port developers team up? What kind of difficulties has to be overcome? How is a joint port-city development to be managed? And how is the environment / sustainability playing a role? What are recommendations to port managers, to improve the cooperation with City developers and related stakeholders.

12.00 - 12.30 Panel Discussion

12.30 - 13.20 'A Day in the Life of a Port Environmental Manager'

Practical Experiences with Environmental	Mr. Alasdair Kerr, Port of Tyne
Management and ECOPORTS tools	Ms. Nicola Jenkins, Port of Dover Mr. Aristotelis Naniopoulos, Port of Thessaloniki
How ECOPORTS is supporting the daily work	Panel discussion with 6 ports Ports of Valencia, Genoa, Hamburg, Tyne, Dover, Thessaloniki and interaction with the audience Guided by Dr. Chris Wooldridge, Scientific Coordinator ECOPORTS

13.20 - 13.30 Environmental challenges in the port sector

Introduction to the afternoon parallel sessions

Mr. Henk de Bruijn, Port of Rotterdam

13.30 - 14.30 Lunch buffet

14.30 - 17.00 Parallel sessions: exchange of experiences
(break at 15.15 for 30 minutes)

Session 1: Waste management in port area
Chairman: Mr. Guido van Meel, Port of Antwerp
Co-chairman: Mr. Patrick Verhoeven, ESPO

Introduction into the challenges related to Waste Management and Recycling in the Port Area, and the dedicated activities within the ECOPORTS project.

Three short presentations of a) a port (e.g. Le Havre Life project), b) a stakeholder, c) third party

Round the table to exchange experiences.

Call for project ideas, to jointly tackle certain significant issues in this field.

Session 2: The logistic chain and the Environment
Chairman: Mr. ALf Alofsson, Port of Göteborg
Co-chairman: Mr. Herman Journée, Port of Amsterdam

The port as a node in the logistic chain, Mr. Alf Olofsson (Manager Regulatory Affairs, Port of Göteborg)
- What is a port's responsibility and liability?
- Legislation, regulation, obstacles, what's in the future?

Environmental demand when purchasing transport, Mr. Thomas Ivarsson (Global Environmental services Manager of IKEA Transport, IKEA Sweden)

Break

Environmentally optimised transports of goods to and from the Port of Göteborg ' First presentation of a study by Port of Göteborg and transport planning authorities, Mr. Björn Sigström (Environmental Controller, Port of Göteborg)

Inland ports as intermodal nodes in an environmental sustainable transport system, Mr. Charles Huygens (Director General Port of Brussels, President of European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP))

Round the table to exchange experiences.

Call for project ideas, to jointly tackle certain actual issues in this field.

Session 3: Port-City relationship
Chairman: Mr. Henk de Bruijn, Port of Rotterdam
Co-chairman: Mr. Giuseppe di Luca, Port of Genoa

Introduction into the latest situation concerning relevant Port-City aspects for both port development and city development in European city-ports.

Short introductions focussed on the noise issue in city-ports of a) Mr. Olivier Lemaire (AIVP; International Association of Ports and Cities, invited), b) Mr. Dick Welkers (Dutch Ministry of Environment, Housing and Planning, invited), c) Mr. Wolfgang Becker (City of Hamburg)

Experiences from ports Mr. Giuseppe di Luca (Port of Genoa), Mr. Stefano Gazzano (Port of Civitavecchia), 'Following the law: procedures during the transitional phase' Ms. Torild Jørgenson (Port of Oslo).

Round the table to exchange experiences and views on the issue.

Call for project ideas, to jointly tackle certain significant issues in this field.

Session 4: Port development and Habitat
Chairman: Mr. Nick Kitson, ABP MER
Co-chairman: Mr.

Introduction into the actual developments in this area (Habitat Directive, Water Framework Directive), relevance and challenges for the European port sector, and the activities within the ECOPORTS project.

Two introductory presentations of Mr. Toon Tessier (Port of Antwerp) and Mr. Peter Symens (Natuurpunt - Flemish NGO for nature conservation and Belgian partner of BirdLife International); Species and habitat conservation in the port of Antwerp, Mr. Stephen Hull (Head of Environment at ABPmer); Port development and nature conservation on the Humber Estuary - 'A Success Story' Mr. Frank Neuman (Paralia Nature), Mr. Giovanni Motta (Port of Livorno), 'Waterproofing The Dregged Material Containment Basin'

Round the table to exchange experiences.

Call for project ideas, to jointly tackle certain significant issues in this field.

17.00 - 17.30 Conclusion of the first day of the conference

Summary of the key note speeches, in relation to the ECOPORTS concept.

Highlights from the panel discussion

Overview of project ideas from the parallel sessions (round the table with chairman)

20.00 - 23.00 Conference Dinner

Friday 24 October 2003

Chairman: Herman Journée, chairman EcoPorts Foundation, Port of Amsterdam

09.00 - 09.15 Resume of results of the first day
The programme of today.

09.15 - 11.00 Risk management & Liability, in relation with the ECOPORTS tools

Introduction into environmental management, relevance and challenges for the European port sector, and the concrete activities within the ECOPORTS project. Mr. Paul Bokdam (Lloyds Register).

Case experience in Spain: pilot experience of Risk Assessment in the Port of Huelva and the Life-INDAPORT project on Environmental Indicators in ports Mr. Juan Manual Diez Oreja (IPEC)

Improvement programs based on the ECOPORTS tools: demonstration and explanation of Port Environmental Review System (PERS), Self Diagnosis Method (SDM), Environmental Management System (EMS), Environmental Performance Indicators (EPIs) and Solutions Database, Mr. Chris Wooldridge (Scientific Coordinator ECOPORTS, Cardiff University of Wales). Supported by Mr. Mark van der Veen (UvA), Mr. Joaquim Casal (UPC), Mr. Robert Pochyluck (Technical University Gdansk), Mr. Bernard Francou (WMU), Mr. Ramon Gomez Ferrer (IPEC).

11.00 - 11.30 Break

11.30 - 12.00 What's in it for you?

The need to cooperate

Mr. Herman Journée

How to benefit from the ECOPORTS network when you come home: completion of SDM, supplying Best Practice Solutions, affiliation to the EcoPorts Foundation, the PERS-route, Mr. Kees Joosten (ECOPORTS project), Mr. Lefteris Alexopoulos (EcoPorts Foundation).

12.00 - 12.30 Plenary conclusions of the Conference

Round the table

12.30 Formal issuing of new PERS certificates to the ports of .....

13.00 End of the conference

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch buffet

14.00 - 17.00 Boat tour in the Port of Barcelona; demonstration of environmental projects