main
President
Regional Government
Citizen Space
Business Space
About Azores
  news Legislation Schedule Communities Contacts Portal Map Links Help
Versão PortuguesaMUDAR LÍNGUA
See in: entities  categories
 

Administration
Agriculture and Forestry
Business Relations with the Regional Government
Civil Protection
Closing a company
Communities
Culture
Economical Inspection
Education
Elections
Employment
Energy
Environment
Financing and Incentives
Fisheries
Health
Housing and Infrastructures
Human Resource Management
Importing/Exporting
Industry
Inovation, Reserach and Development and Technology
Law, Regulations
Legislation
Leisure_and_Utilities
Rights
Science and Technology
Social Security
Sport
Starting a company
Statistics and Indicators
Statistics
Taxes
Tourism
Trade
Transports
Youth

 
Media
      

Get News of the Government by RSS - click here
Know more about RSS ...

 

Ponta Delgada ,  June 27, 2018

Azores keep up with global mobilisation for oceans, says Ana Cunha

The Regional Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Ana Cunha, stated in Ponta Delgada that the archipelago of the Azores has been keeping up with the global mobilisation for oceans. This initiative has focused over the last decades on the impact of maritime transport.
 
Ana Cunha spoke at the opening of the seminar "The Preservation of Marine Environment" during the "Atlantic Polex.pt 2018" drill. On the occasion, she reminded that there are ongoing "maritime works with a budget over 50 million Euros to improve port infrastructures, providing them with better technical and operating conditions.
 
The Regional Secretary added that a number of sea-based initiatives and projects are also under development as a strategic vector for development focused on safeguarding the marine environment and oceans in general.
 
"The Regional Port Authorities, through INTERREG, have been keeping up with a wide range of European projects to respond and consistently address all of these concerns and future challenges, such as COSTA (CO2 & Ship Transport Emissions Abatement by LNG). This project is supported by the Trans-European Transport Network - European Commission under the "Motorways of the Sea" concept," said the government official.
 
Other initiatives involving the Government of the Azores include the following projects: JUL (Logistic Single Windows, GAINN4MoS (Sustainable LNG Operations for Ports and Shipping – Innovative Pilot Actions), ECOMARPORT (Transferência Tecnológica y Eco-Innovacion para la Gestion Ambiental y Marina en Zonas Portuárias de la Macaronésia). The government official also mentioned the "AtlanticBluePorts Project," an initiative focused on aspects related to the management and treatment of ballast water in port context as well as on the environmental risks associated to the proliferation of invasive species.
 
"Our vision for the future is clear and conscious regarding the social and economic development intended for the Azores, without losing sight of the concept of environmental sustainability, in all its aspects, for a better use of the regional port system as an Atlantic logistics platform," said Ana Cunha.
 
In this context, the Regional Secretary stated that the Government has made significant investments in existing port infrastructures, taking into consideration the geostrategic location of the Azores. According to her, "we are certainly contributing to the preservation of the marine environment, addressing a series of global challenges and implementing the strategy that the country and the Region have defined for our sea."
 
"On our part, we will continue to work together with all our partners to ensure the future of our economy, our people and our precious environment," stated Ana Cunha.


GaCS/SRTOP/HB
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Official government press-releases presented in all foreign languages interfaces of the Azorean Government Portal (Portal do Governo dos Açores) are a sub-set of the government's official press-releases daily output and are chosen for translation and publication on the foreign language interfaces based on audience segmentation criteria. The entire collection of the Azorean government press-releases is available in portuguese, here, from the GACS Press Office site.

 
   Print   Send Send News   GaCS GaCS Site   Regional Press Regional Press   rss  
     

Last News

Search
 
Where?
Advanced Search >>
 
 



 
 

This e-mail address is at your disposal for you to place your questions to the Regional Government of the Azores.
Ask the Government!

 

Health Ombudsman
  
Listen to this Page LISTEN
Go to top of page TOP
help HELP
Versão PortuguesaMUDAR LÍNGUA

 
Símbol of Acessibilidade on Web
main | President | Regional Government | Citizen Space | Business Space | About Azores | My Site