Green ports, Green shipping: A Greens/EFA hearing
Event Type
L - Conference, forum
Event Location
Brussels
Event Description
PROGRAMME
15:00-15:10
MEP Nikos Chrysogelos (GREENS/EFA), Welcome speech
Session 1 – Green Ports
15:10-15:30
Patrick Verhoeven and Antonis Michail (European Sea Ports Organisation), ESPO initiatives on greener ports
European Ports are committed to focussed actions under 5Es: Exemplify, Enable, Encourage, Engage and Enforce. Selected best practices that demonstrate this framework in practice will be presented by the port authorities of Antwerp, Stockholm and Valencia.
15:30-15:45
Guy Janssens / Tessa Major (Port of Antwerp)
15:45-16:00
Gun Rudeberg (Port of Stockholm)
16:00-16:15
Federico Torres (Port of Valencia)
16:15-16:30
Q&A
16:30-16:45
Coffee break
Session 2 – Green Shipping
16:45-17:00
Torsten Klimke (European Commission, DG Move, Maritime Transport Policy), Sustainable EU Shipping.
17:00-17:15
Antoine Kedzierski (Transport & Environment), NGOs view on Green Shipping
17:15-17:30
John Maggs (Seas at Risk), Clean Ship concept
17:30-17:45
Sara Sköld (Clean Shipping Project), Clean Shipping Index
17:45-18:00
Q&A
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The hearing is hosted by Green MEP Nikos Chrysogelos.
The hearing will be held in English.
Registration : please provide your name, surname, date of birth, place of residence, nationality per mail to myrofora.kostidou@europarl.europa.eu
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