SUSTAINABLE OBJECTIVES
The Port of Barcelona performs actions to reduce the impact of its activities on the environment, particularly with regard to air and water quality
For a long time now, the Port of Barcelona has been taking action to reduce the impact of its activities on the environment, particularly with regard to air and water quality. It also aims to make its daily activity compatible with non-port uses and to promote greater sustainability in the logistics chain.
Achieving these general objectives revolves around four axes:
Ensuring that the activities performed in the Port have only a minimal impact on the environment and on energy and material resources.
Fostering the most environment-friendly transport systems, thereby indirectly guaranteeing a reduction in induced impacts beyond the Port itself.
Promoting medium and long-term alternatives to hydrocarbon fuels.
Having a clear idea of the atmospheric emissions resulting from port activities in order to reduce them as much as possible in the medium and the long term.
From the environmental point of view, the most noteworthy event for the Port in 2016 involved developing European projects to enable pilot tests using natural gas in various segments of land and sea mobility. Furthermore, these also mean that Barcelona will be the first Mediterranean port with the capacity to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to any ship that requests it.