The European Commission has adopted the 11th edition of the European List of ship recycling facilities, which now contains 48 yards.
The objective of the ‘Deep-Dive’ workshop is to allow members of the European Blue Forum to discuss the challenges and obstacles they are facing, their unique aspirations and requirements in developing their sector up to 2030. The output from this workshop will be the production of a stakeholder position paper, providing the perspectives of the entire European sustainable blue economy stakeholder group - our Blue Community. The workshop takes place on Monday 16 October at 09.00 (online) REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
Learn all about the West #Mediterranean marine ecosystems, coastal destinations and culture with the EU #WeMED_NaTOUR eco-tours for school pupils! The project is bringing change to the tourism industry, with a little help from #EMFAF 🇪🇺.
The ocean holds countless archaeological treasures in its depths. To personally explore these sites, one would need to be a 🤿, but 🆕 technologies are making this remarkable heritage accessible to all! Explore the wonders of the #Mediterranean on Ocean, 20:50 on @euronewsgreen
Inspired by the Nautilus shell, ancient symbol of renewal & growth, the #EMFF-funded @NautilusCareers project 🇬🇷🇮🇹🇨🇾🇹🇷 developed an innovative training methodology for instructors of water sports tourism.
The Map of the month shows information on the percentage of people employed in the coastal tourism sector compared to the overall employees in the blue economy per EU Member State. Click on the countries to see more information regarding the employment in each sub-sector (accommodation, transport and other), the evolution of the overall employment in coastal tourism since 2009 and the exact number of persons employed in coastal tourism each year.
The Erim Fish project combines a successful #aquaculture business at the foot of the Rhodope Mountains 🇧🇬 with maintaining biodiversity. With a little help from the EU 🇪🇺.
Reconnecting with Nature with the Floating University Berlin 💧🌱. Winner of the #NewEuropeanBauhaus Prizes 2023, this project transformed a polluted rainwater retention basin into a learning site, strengthening the human-environment relationships.
An electric revolution for a greener port in Genoa 🇮🇹. The EU-funded project INES installed shore-side electricity infrastructure, allowing moored vessels to directly connect to the grid without having to run their diesel generators. Less emissions, better quality of air.
LIFE PortSounds has set out to reduce the impact of underwater noise on Cartagena Port.
On 31 May the high-level event Mission ‘Restore our ocean and waters by 2030 - the Mediterranean lighthouse in action’ presented the political commitments made by the Mediterranean countries to the Mission.
Impulsive underwater noise events are high volume, short duration sounds bursts produced by human licensed activities like pile driving for offshore construction, seismic surveys for oil and gas exploration and underwater explosions. The map shows the number of calendar days during which impulsive noise was registered in an area defined by a common grid, known as Pulse Block Day units.
Re-routing shipping lanes is one way to reduce the effects of underwater noise on the marine environment. Until now, ocean scientists have not been able to study how large-scale diversions of this kind might affect noise levels or marine life.
The Commission has presented five legislative proposals to modernise EU rules on maritime safety and prevent water pollution from ships.
Seven years in the making, the Baltic Pipe came to life in November 2022. This 900km-long key route carries gas from Norway to Poland, Denmark & neighbouring countries via the #NorthSea.
We talked to @caleixmu , COO & Co-founder of @bound4blue about their incredible innovative project to #decarbonise #shipping.
We met with Jean-François Filipot, Research Director at @FrceEnergiesMar to talk about the Arcwind project, working to harness the offshore wind #energy potential in the #Atlantic.
Critical infrastructures include power grids, the transport network and information and communication systems. The map of the month shows all important regular international ferry routes and all national ferry routes having major importance in connecting the national road or railway network.
The map of the month provides information on employment in the established blue economy which includes the following main sectors: marine living and non-living resources, marine renewable energy, port activities, shipbuilding and repair, marine transport and coastal tourism. Explore the map and click on the countries to open windows with additional information on employment by sector and the evolution of employment over the past years.
The Commission has published an assessment of the marine environment monitoring programmes reported by the Member States. The assessment, together with a detailed report by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), gives an overview of where, how often and what is monitored under the Marine Strategic Framework Directive (MSFD).
