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Conferred the certification Port Environmental Review System to the ports of Corfù, Lagos, Kavala, Volos and Piombino
That Tuscan one is the first Italian port of call to obtain this certificate, that it is the only standard of specific environmental management for the harbour field
February 22, 2013
Slid Wednesday, in occasion of a seminary held near the University of the Pireo, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has conferred to five carries new certificate PERS (Port Environmental Review System), that it constitutes the only standard of specific environmental management for the harbour field and that producing of the EcoPorts foundation represents the main one, been born on initiative of some European Harbour Authorities on the svoltosi wake of the homonymous European project in period 2002-2005.
In the course of the ceremony, organized by the University Aristotle di Salonicco, the certificate is attributed to the Greek ports of Corfù, Lagos, Kavala and Volos let alone to the port of Piombino, that it is the first Italian port of call to obtain this certificate, while in Greece already is assigned to the ports of the Pireo and Salonicco. The five ports of call have entered in EcoPorts and have obtained certification PERS which part of their participation to the SuPorts project, which co-financed from the European Union and of the duration of a three years (2010-2012), than it is proposed to help the average and small ports dimensions to put into effect environmental strategies and to facilitate their instrument access opportune of environmental management that they allow to remain competitive meanwhile contributing to increase the total environmental performances of the EU.
Up to now they are in all 16 certificates PERS assigned to European ports over the last couple of years, between which you are attributed to Greek ports of call. "I compliment the Greek ports - the general secretary of ESPO, Patrick Verhoeven has declared - for the their constant engagement in the environmental management and for their support to the EcoPorts instruments. PERS - it has added - is proceeding much good and ESPO is waiting for shortly congratulare with others five ports more that they are about to being certifyd PERS".
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Slid Wednesday, in occasion of a seminary held near the University of the Pireo, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has conferred to five carries new certificate PERS (Port Environmental Review System), that it constitutes the only standard of specific environmental management for the harbour field and that producing of the EcoPorts foundation represents the main one, been born on initiative of some European Harbour Authorities on the svoltosi wake of the homonymous European project in period 2002-2005.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
