Air quality improvement plan
Improving the air we breathe is one of the port's priorities.
The video is a corporate promotional report highlighting the initiatives and comprehensive plan implemented by the Port of Barcelona to improve air quality and lower emissions in the urban environment. It opens with a panoramic aerial view of the port, its terminals, and the city of Barcelona. Throughout the clip, footage showcases fuel storage tanks at the Energy Wharf, environmental and weather monitoring stations, technicians inspecting measuring devices, and terminal gantry cranes operating alongside container stacks. Key environmental figures and landmarks appear superimposed on screen:
- Port de Barcelona, a firm commitment to sustainability. Improving air quality.
- Improving the air we breathe is one of the Port's top priorities.
- A complete network of monitoring stations measures air quality.
- Port activity accounts for 7.6% of Barcelona's overall pollution.
- Sources of pollution in the city (NO2): cars (59.8%), regional contribution (13.0%), others (11.2%), industry (8.3%), and port (7.6%).
- The Port has implemented an ambitious plan to improve air quality.
- And it has successfully reduced pollution levels year after year.
- The reduction of particulate matter and sulfur oxides is particularly notable. The video ends with a passenger ferry sailing near the harbor entrance, social media handles featuring the official
#GreenPorthashtag, and the animated Port de Barcelona logo screen.