Overview of status and priorities for sustainable management of Europeanseaports

• Autores: Helena Ukić Boljat, Merica Slišković, Katarina Balić
• Localización: Journal of maritime research: JMR, ISSN 1697-4840, Vol. 17, Nº. 3, 2020, págs. 3-9
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In the past decade a strong commitment in terms of environmental protection and sustainable develop-ment in port sector is noted. In order to achieve and maintain the environmental performance of portit is necessary to establish guidelines and priorities. This paper presents status and priorities which aremarked within the European port sector through ESPO‘s Ecoports environmental reports for the period2013-2018. The change of environmental priorities in the port sector over the years has been noticedand therefore potential reasons for priority changes are addressed in this paper. The general aim of setpriorities is to provide information about the high priority environmental issues and thus set the frame-work for guidance and initiatives that influence the environmental performance of the port. The analysisindicates that most of European ports actively work to protect the environment and thus guarantee sus-tainable development. From 2016 to 2018 the top 3 priorities have been the same (air quality, noise andenergy efficiency), while air quality has remained the number one priority of the European ports since2013. It is interesting to highlight that climate change priority which has been introduced in 2017 hasbeen rapidly climbing the ranks and went up by 3 places in 2018