On April 28th 2022, the Port of Algeciras and MEDports Association hosted the “Green Transition for Maritime Transport” in Algeciras, Spain.
We had three sessions with top-level speakers.
SESSION 1 – State of the Art
- The reasons for the IMO recommendation
Mr. Victor Jiménez – President of the Council of the International Maritime Organization - Sustainability in the Spanish Ports Strategic Plan
Mr. Alvaro Rodríguez Dapena – Chairman de Puertos del Estado - European Ports Position on Fit For 55
Mr. Valter Selen – Senior Policy Advisor for Sustainable Development and Ecoports Coordinator – European Sea Ports Organisation - World Ports Sustainability Program WPSP – Port call optimization
Mr. Antonis Michail – Technical Director IAPH & WPSP - Air Quality
Ms. Rosa Antidormi – Policy Officer – European Commission – Directorate General for the Environment – Clean Air - Mediterranean environmental challenges
Mr. Franck Lauwers – Programme Officer (Prevention) – Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea - Positive Motion
Mr. Daniel de Miguel – Shipping and Bunker Operations Manager– CEPSA
Special Guest
- ECAMED from the Egyptian perspective
Captain Aly Assem M.Ibrahim – General Manager – Port Said East Port
SESSION 2 – Green transition and innovations in Maritime Transport: Success Stories
- Mr. Fernando IMPUESTO – CORE LNGas Hive – Project Coordinator – ENAGAS
- Ms. Elena Seco – General Manager – ANAVE, Spanish Ship-owners Association
- Mr. Jesus Blanco CEDRON – New Projects Responsible – Baleària
- Mr. Jean-François SUHAS – President of “Club de la Croisière Marseille Provence” – Marseille
- Mr. Alain Mistre – Directeur QHSE – Ro-Ro / Ropax Corsica Line & President of the UMF
SESSION 3 – – Roundtable: Port Authorities and their sustainable project
Joint intervention on the proposed new scheme of operation of the maritime connection
between Algeciras and Tanger Med
- Mr. Hassan ABKARI – Deputy General Manager – Tanger Med Port Authority
- Mr. José Luis HORMAECHEA – Managing Director – Algeciras Bay Port Authorites
Best practices session
- Mr. Raul Cascajo– Head of Environmental Policies – Port of Valencia
- Mr. Hector Calls– Head of Environmental Sustainability – Port of Barcelona
- Mr. Felix Grech – Operations Manager – Onshore Power Supply – Malta Freeport
- Dr. Alaa Morsy – Dean of the Port Training Institute, in the Arab Academy – Green Transition in the Southern Med
- Mr. Luis Núñez – Europeans Affairs Manager- Onshore Power Supply – Port of Algeciras and Tarifa
- Mr. Zakaria Bouamri – Tanger Med Utilities (TMU) General Director. Green Transition roadmap of the Port of Tanger Med
