ECOPORT8 Environmental Management of Transborder Corridor Ports. make of South East Europe routes ENVIRONMENTAL CORRIDORS

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1 ECOPORT8 Environmental Management of Transborder Corridor Ports make of South East Europe routes ENVIRONMENTAL CORRIDORS

2 South East Europe Transanational Cooperation Programme PRIORITY AXIS 2: Protection and Improvement of the Environment AREA OF INTERVENTION 2.2: Improve prevention of environmental risks

3 IPA PARTNERS ALBANIA Polytechnic University of Tirana Tirana Durres Port Authority - Durres MONTENEGRO Institute of Marine Biology - Kotor Port of Bar H.C. - Bar

4 PARTNERSHIP LEAD PARTNER: Polytechnic University of Bari (ITALY) - Department of Water Engineering and Chemistry

5 ERDF PARTNERS ROMANIA National Institute of marine Geology and Geoecology - Bucharest GREECE Patras Sciense Park S.A. - Patras ITALY Training and Innovation University Consortium - Bari Bari Port Authority BULGARIA Insitute of water problems Bulgarian Academy of Science - Sofia Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company - Sofia

6 OBSERVERS Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Corridor 8 Secretariat)- Italy National Company Maritime Ports Administration S.A. Constantza - Romania Romanian Naval Authority - Romania Patras Port Authority S.A. - Greece Ministry of Public Works, Trasportation and Telecommunication - Albania Igoumenitsa Port Authority S.A. - Greece

7 THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES Improve the quality of ports, placing the prevention of pollution and preservation of natural resources in port areas and nearby coastal zones as pivotal to the maritime system. The focus towards an environmental certification for PAN-EU corridors and port networks (secretariats, etc.) in all their complexity, through the drawing up of shared and common guidelines (according to UNI EN ISO standards and EMAS) Supply to port authorities within the ports of the SEE Area with the relevant tools for environmental management, overcoming current difficulties in the field such as: the lack of specific environmental regulation, fragmentation and the nonhomogenous nature of the solutions adopted by single ports.

8 GENERAL OBJECTIVES Define a single shared trans-national and sustainable protocol, establish control and monitoring standards within the ports (according to UNI EN ISO standards); Bring about a virtual environmental certification for PAN-EU corridors and port networks in all their complexity; Set up a permanent PAN-EU network to develop, strengthen and transfer coordinated initiatives of cooperation for ecomanagement of PAN-EU corridor ports; Training new professionals on the design and environmental management of port areas; Develop cooperation among local authorities, citizens and enterprises of SEE area, stimulating growth, employment and environmental policy; Identify common innovative tools (preventative approach), for defining environmental and social risk conditions, and reducing risk perception; Promote the continuous improvement of environmental performance of the identified port areas;

9 ACTIVITIES 6 Work Package WP III. PAN EU Forum

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11 Conferences and workshop Logo, visual identity and web site Press office Communication Plan

12 5 FORUM MEETINGS between stakeholders in the SEE area (held in Albania, Montenegro, Greece, Italy, Romania) to: - verifying the progress of the planned activities; - sharing strategies; - contributing the drafting of the planned results WP III. PAN EU Forum

13 Technical WPs Documental analysis in the port areas involved Common SWOT Analysis & Environmental improvement programme Standard analysis in the 6 countries involved

14 What is a CONTEXT ANALYSIS? Context Analysis, in the Ecoport8 project, gave the diagnostic of the ports involved through the description of all features, services and facilities, operators and activities in ports; the diagnostic is also environmental, through the analysis and comparison of all existing environmental policies adopted by SEE ports. In addition, the Standard Analysis enlarged the research to the regulatory field; this knowledge on ports allowed to understand the points of strength and the opportunities on which invest and, at the same time, the points of weakness and the threatens to improve (SWOT analysis). On the basis of this knowledge are proposed additional instruments for the improvement program for future environmental protection and management of ports in accordance with the requirements of international and European standards and are defined the common objectives and methodologies for environmental protection in the Ecoport8 ports that are useful to set the monitoring (to choose parameters and the specific regulatory frameworktomonitorthem),andwillsuggestthewaytofindcommonecoguidelinesforsee ports.

15 What is a CONTEXT ANALYSIS? According to ISO and EMAS, all relevant environmental legislation must be identified by the organization applying the EMS. Classification of environmental issues in this Analysis has been established following three criteria: 1. To summarize in one single item different environmental legislation issues when strictly related (i.e.: asbestos issue has been included in air issues) 2. legislation issues related to activities of specific organizations operating in ports haven t been considered (i.e. electromagnetic fields) 3. ISO and EMS require to identify and comply legislation referred to safety, security and emergency management aspects: these are not objects of this analysis and chapter (i.e.: fire prevention, accidents in port, earthquakes, natural disasters..)

16 What is a CONTEXT ANALYSIS? Some results.. Consumption monitoring system Port of Bari (Italy) Port of Durres (Albania) Port of Burgas (Bulgaria) Ports Port of Igoumenitza (Greece) Port of Patras (Greece) Port of Bar (Montenegro) Port of Costantza (Romania) Energy consumption Drinking water consumption Waste production Special waste production Sewage flow rate Whitewater flow rate Environmental monitoring system Port of Bari (Italy) Port of Durres (Albania) Port of Burgas (Bulgaria) Ports Port of Igoumenitza (Greece) Port of Patras (Greece) Port of Bar (Montenegro) Port of Costantza (Romania) Water quality monitoring under construction Air quality monitoring Under construction Olfactory impact monitoring Noise impact monitoring

17 Some results: Outputs Status WP OUTPUTS Status WP4: Context Analysis INTERNAL documents (1 Report with all relevant laws of EU and national regulation and instruments for port planning, identifying legal contrasts between different countries; 1 Report on current situation within the port involved) (deadline period 2); 1 SWOT ANALYSIS (deadline period 2); 1 Environmental improvement programme (deadline period 2). definitive version draft

18 From the Context Analysis to the Testing-Monitoring surveys on site In the Context Analysis we defined some parameters to be monitored related to significant aspects and environmental impacts that they have. Passing from the C.A to the Monitoring (WP5) we established also an environmental improvement programme that has the aim of: - controlling and reducing environmental impacts associated with port activities using the best available technologies that are relevant to the various activities; - encouraging the management of waste in the area and promoting collection and recycling opportunities; - encouraging watersaving, monitoring the quality of groundwater and surface and maintaining a water treatment efficient meeting the needs of the community; - promoting energy saving and use of renewable energy alternative; - controlling emissions into the atmosphere and seeking solutions that minimize the impact of production activities and traffic on air quality; by monitoring the noise level, identifying critical situations in different areas provided by acoustic zoning and adopting appropriate measures of containment; - carrying out checks of soil quality in order to take appropriate measures for environmental remediation and restoration; - undertaking initiatives to "green procurement" and encouraging the suppliers and / or contractors operating in an environmentally way

19 From the Context Analysis to the Testing-Monitoring surveys on site In our Analysis we chose 15 environmental issues/relavant aspect that can be related to 5 macro-categories: Environmental issue/relevant aspect chosen: 1. Water quality of port aquatorium, 2. Disharged to waters, 3. Air quality, 4. Waste, 5. Dredging, 6. Noise, 7. Odours, 8. Light Pollution, 9. Energy, 10. Rehabititation of polluted areas, Macrocategories: Water (aquatorium) Water (first flush) Air Waste Sediments Consumption 11. Soil contamination, 12. Bunkering, 13. Cargo heandling, transportation, Storage, 14. Biodiversity, 15. Port development.

20 Planning monitoring network and data processing Testing phase in 2 pilot port sites: Bar and Bourgas Webgis Selection of monitoring procedures Choice of monitoring instruments

21 Environmental issue/relevant aspect chosen are: 1. Water quality of port aquatorium, 2. Disharged to waters, 3. Air quality, 4. Waste, 5. Dredging, 6. Noise, 7. Odours, 8. Light Pollution, 9. Energy, 10. Rehabititation of polluted areas, 11. Soil contamination, 12. Bunkering, 13. Cargo heandling, transportation, Storage, 14. Biodiversity, 15. Port development. The purpose of the monitoring - to collect actual information for main parameters, determining sea water quality, atmospheric air and all possible impact on them by the port activities. The obtained results will settled the initial database to verify the significant aspects and environmental impacts and become a base for elaboration of establishment of tools, methods and good practices thus faces the challenges and openings linked to environmental issues dealt with by port authorities. Such approach allowed initiating corrections in the technological operations for environment protection and supported port management.

22 In order to obtain common procedures for monitoring, the Ecoport8 project, on the basis of the Context Analyis, tried to create a GENERAL MONITORING PLAN applicable to SEE ports from which abstract eventually specific monitoring plans as in the case of the two Pilot Plans of Bourgas and Bar. CONTENTS of THE GENERAL MONITORING PLAN 1. Introduction 2. WATER 3. AIR 4. SEDIMENTS 5. WASTE 6. CONSUMPTION 7. CONCLUSIONS 2.1 HYDRO DYNAMICAL AND PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF PORT AQUATORIUM 2.2 PHYSICOCHEMICAL and BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF PORT AQUATORIUM 2.3 BIOLOCICAL PARAMETERS FIRST FLUSH WATERS 2.4 PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS FIRST FLUSH WATERS 3.1 METEO PARAMETERS 3.2 PHYSICAL PARAMETERS (noise/odours odours) 3.3 PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS 4.1 PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS 4.2 MICROBIOLOCICAL PARAMETERS 6.1 NETWORKING SERVICIES (energy, water..) Some results: GENERAL MONITORING PLAN Each macrocategory of environmental issues (WATER, AIR, SEDIMENTS, WASTE, CONSUMPTION) is investigate in all kind of parameters attributable to it

23 Some results: GENERAL MONITORING PLAN HOW IS STRUCTURED THE GENERAL MONITORING PLAN? EACH MAIN ISSUES IS INVESTIGATED ON: - INTRODUCTION: parameters that have to be consider (even if of other issues), activities that influences them - GOALS: Why monitor these parameters? What must return the monitor these (if are useful for the calibration of numerical models, for the control of anomalies..) - PROCEDURES OF MONITORING: references to standard or lows, concerning legislation, sampling analysis, the procedure so the standard chosen, sampling frequency, type of measurement, equipment, expert involved.. - POINT OF MONITORING: how many end how fix them, the ideal number of point of monitoring and the minimum one, all the thing that influences the positioning, (safety, conditions, etc ) - CHOICE OF INSTRUMENTS: how many and what kind of instruments are useful for monitoring this parameters, motivations of the chose, pro&contro, costs, benefit, goals reachable with the instrument chosen, if the instruments are fixed or not, campaigns of measurements, what kind of data they return for the elaboration of data - DATA PROCESSING: initial, If possible (in this case for the calibration of mathematics models) and then for the control of port areas and for the improvement program - CONCLUSIONS: the optimum system, the possible system within the ECOPORT8 project, indication for manage the emergency, etc..

24 Some results: TWO PILOT MONITORING PLANS MONITORING PLAN OF THE PORT OF BOURGAS

25 Some results: TWO PILOT MONITORING PLANS (i.e.1) MONITORING PLAN OF THE PORT OF BOURGAS General features Country Region/City Geographical coordinates Managing Authority Functions Water area (m2): Traffic X trading X industrial fishing X passenger traffic small-craft military others (specify) Bulgaria Bourgas Latitude/Longitude N: 42 30' 00'' / E: 27 28' 00'' State Enterprise Port infrastructure branch Port Bourgas Operating organization Managing authority/function N Private/ Public Military nil Shipping Agencies 143 public Governmental Authority 2 Companies and port servicies 3 public Associations 1 public Shipyards nil Others (specify) nil Port Details Land area (m2): Year Total Tonnage (in 1000 tons) Other Ships Cruise passengers 7849бр. 9641бр бр бр. Ferries passengers nil nil nil nil Cars nil nil nil nil Trucks

26 Some results: TWO PILOT MONITORING PLANS MONITORING PLAN OF THE PORT OF BAR The environmental monitoring is one of the main concerns and tasks of the ECOPORT8 Project. It is essential for detecting in advance of any environmental pollution, caused by port activities and planning and implementing the anti-pollution measures and activities in environmental protection programme. Therefore, the purpose of the monitoring is to collect current information for condition of main parameters, determining sea water quality, atmospheric air, noise and all possible impact on them by the port activities in port. Such approach allowed initiating corrections in the technological operations for environment protection and supported port management. In accordance to the goals of ECOPORT 8 the pilot monitoring plan (PMP) aims to establish and verify the environmental status in the Port ofbararea.

27 Some results: TWO PILOT MONITORING PLANS MONITORING PLAN OF THE PORT OF BAR General features Country Region/City Geographical coordinates Managing Authority Functions Port Details X trading industrial X fishing X passenger traffic small-craft military X others (specify) Montenegro Bar Latitude/Longitude 42 5' 35" North, 19 6' 1" East Ministry for Traffic, Maritime Affairs and Telecommunications Operating organization Managing authority/function N Private/ Public Military 1 Public Shipping Agencies 1 Public Governmental Authority - - Companies and port servicies - - Associations 6 2 Public, 4 Private Shipyards - - Others (specify) - - Water area (m2): Land area (m2): Traffic Year Total Tonnage (in tons) Other Ships Cruise passengers Ferries passengers Cars Trucks

28 Some results: TWO PILOT MONITORING PLANS MONITORING PLAN OF THE PORT OF BAR W POINTS OF MONITORING AQ One point for water quality control is proposed: Sampling point parameters (marked with W on the map) : inner side of the Breakwater, by the berth for oil; NM Air quality measurement will be performed at the location marked with AQ on the map (area of the Dry Bulk Cargo Terminal); Noise measurement will be performed in the Grain Silo marked with NM on the map.

29 Some results: Outputs Status definitive version draft WP OUTPUTS status WP5: Testing- Monitoring surveys on site 1 Monitoring network plan in the 2 pilot sites (deadline period 4); 2 Pilot plans in the ports of Bar and Bourgas (deadline period 6); 2 Databases of monitoring data (deadline period 6); 1 updating WebGIS for eco-data (deadline period 6); 1 Report including chosen criteria of parameters investigated, instruments installed, monitoring procedures and data obtained (deadline period 6); 1 Paper, published in international technical journal (deadline period 6).

30 Common final protocol Capacity building Port Environmental manager training course Common ECO guidelines

31 definitive version draft WP OUTPUTS done WP6: Ecosustainable model for PAN EU Corridor Ports 1 Eco guidelines for PAN EU ports in order to establish good environmental practice (deadline period 6); 1 A shared PAN-EU and sustainable protocol between national authorities to guarantee EU eco competition and cooperation within maritime traffic (deadline period 6); 2 Handbook and short brochure regarding the Pan European eco guidelines to distribute at targeted end-users (deadline period 6); 1 Paper published in an international journal in the field, including final project results (deadline period 6); 1 Training course for eco-management technicians (deadline period 5); 1 Study visits organized during training course (deadline period 5); 44 Participants involved in training events (including e- learning) (deadline period 5). in progress in progress in progress

32 Our Mission Only through shared rules and standards, a common safeguarding policy for marine environments between a range of ports, an up-todate and integrated monitoring network and the acknowledgment of management bodies will it be possible to guarantee healthy ecocompetition between SEE routes and ports and avoid irreversible environmental damage.

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