Port Authority of Valencia

The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), which trades under the name of Valenciaport, is the public body responsible for managing and administrating three state-owned ports: Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia, along an 80 km. stretch of the Spanish Eastern Mediterranean.

Valenciaport has a privileged geographical and strategic location in the centre of the Mediterranean arc and is in line with the east-west ocean corridor which crosses the Suez Canal and the Gibraltar Straits. This makes Valenciaport the first and last port of call of the regular ocean-going companies among America, the Mediterranean Basin and the Far East.

Valenciaport is an international recognized port for its environmental management, being certified by the ISO 14001 and the European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).

The Port Authority of Valencia holds the Presidency of EUROPHAR.

Port Authority of Genoa

The Port of Genoa is the natural outlet to the sea for northern Italy's most industrialized area and the ideal location to serve the industrial sector and European consumer markets. The port of Genoa is located in the most protected bay of the Ligurian Sea. It extends over about 500 hectares of land and the same area on the water. Concerning port environmental protection, the Port Authority of Genoa develops numerous actions:

• Environmental protection of the surrounding port environment.
• Collection management organization of port wastes produced on shore and on board.
• Dissemination of information through environmental training courses for port workers.

Finporto di Genova SpA

Finporto di Genova SpA is a society participated by the Port Authority of Genoa and the Region of Genoa. Finporto is dedicated to the promotion of initiatives related to sustainable development in ports, intermodality, logistics and transport in general, through the participation of the social and economic agents involved. The organization carries out training activities and publications in order to disseminate as much as possible the environmental concern in ports.

Creocean

Creocean is a French corporation which offers marine and coastal consultancy services. With sixty years of experience, Creocean’s commitment is to provide decision-aid tools for the development of sustainable coastal activities in harmony with their human and natural surroundings. The main concerns of the company are:

• The preservation of human and natural heritage: rare species, biodiversity and ecosystems value, coastal and submarine landscapes.
• The harmonious development of coastal activities: each urban, harbor, industrial, agricultural or touristic development may affect surrounding activities.
• The development of sustainable facilities and activities: coastal areas have specific characteristics that must be taken into account for each new development.

Sintesis

Sintesis is a company located in Livorno, Italy, that provides consulting and engineering services. Its mission is to supply dynamic and reliable support to companies and public authorities with the aim to fulfil the needs that regard safety, civil and environmental engineering, quality-safety-environmental management systems, environmental and town planning researches, energy production from alternative resources and the training in all the topics mentioned. An important field that Sintesis is specialized in is environmental engineering concerning ports and seas. The staff of Sintesis is composed by 30 technicians with several competences complete with the help of other technical staff coming from subsidiary companies.

Valenciaport Foundation

The Valenciaport Foundation is the associated R&D centre of Valenciaport, with wide experience on research and technological development, innovation, training and cooperation at local, national and international level. In its role as an excellent research centre, the Valenciaport Foundation works on different areas:

• Port Planning and Development Area: The main lines of research and innovation include strategic port planning, container terminal developments, operational efficiency in port operations, environmental protection, safety and security.
• Logistics and Intermodality Area: This Area works in the aspects related to management in logistics, container transport, logistic areas and the intermodal implications of maritime, road and rail transport.
• Transport Economics Area: The main fields of work are financial studies related to maritime transport, short sea shipping strategies and transport modal choice.
• Information Technology Area: Research in ICT platforms like valenciaportpcs.net, the transactional portal of Valenciaport, a single window system for the agents involved within the transport chain (shipping companies, freight forwarders, customs, etc.).

The Valenciaport Foundation is the General Secretariat of EUROPHAR.

Feports

The Port Institute for Studies and Co-Operation in the Valencian Region – FEPORTS, originally known as IPEC, was founded by the Valencian regional government, the Generalitat Valenciana, and the Port Authorities of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia on the 15th April 1998. The Institute’s basic aim is to build links between the commercial and recreational marine sectors and to be a means of development for the marine sector and of building the region’s competitiveness. It is indeed the organisation used by the Valencian Regional Government to support the port sector in both general interest harbours and ports under the competence of the Regional Government.

It was registered with the Register of Foundations on July 14th and operations started on December 1st, 1998.

The head office of FEPORTS is in downtown Valencia.

Autorità Portuale di Piombino

The layout of the docks seen today has largely been determined by the presence of major steel industries in the area fronting onto the port. However, the last few years have seen the beginning and development of an ever-increasing demand for handling a variety of traffic, alongside the original purpose of handling goods coming from the steelworks themselves. Piombino today has therefore become a multi-purpose port, present both at national and international level, for commercial traffic, for the considerable roll-on/roll-off traffic to and from Sardinia, and for the large number of transit passengers, a consequence of the development of tourism on Elba.

The port of Piombino, a port economically relevant on a national scale, consists of a basin enclosed to the south east by the breakwater wharf, called the ‘Batteria’, and to the north east by the ex-ILVA wharf. The northern area of the port is principally used for traffic to and from the steel factories which is handled on the so-called ex-ILVA wharf (south – 470 metres; north – 270 metres). The maximum depth is 11.89 metres. Other traffic, mainly finished products in steel along with other cargoes, is handled in different zones. These are the Magona jetty, with two moorings of 104 metres to the north and 120 metres to the south, and the Trieste quay, with an operating area of 160 metres. The depths range from 7 to 8 metres. Passenger traffic uses the so-called ‘Capitaneria Dente Nord’ (the northern indentation near the Harbourmasters office) of some 85 metres, and the Elba jetty (75 metres) and Premuda square, as well as the Batteria wharf (300 metres) for the roll-on/roll-off and passenger traffic to and from Sardinia.

The Port of Salerno

Salerno Port Authority is a public body responsible to program, control and promote the port operations and all commercial and industrial activities carried out by the port of Salerno. The Authority is also incharge of the development and maintenance of the infrastructures and facilities within the port area. The port guarantees a fast and efficient 24 hour a day service andhas a technologically advanced equipment and warehouses. The high performance in the handling of goods, the excellently organized job activities, the good professional skills of port operators, have contributed to create a port industry with high operational standard, producing a steady increase in the traffic.The port of Salerno is a regional port and has become a very important link of “Motorways of the Sea”. It offers regular and punctual Ro/Pax connections with the port of Valencia, Malta, Tunis, Messina, Palermo, Tripoli, Termini Imerese and Cagliari. During the last ten years its commercial traffic has increased in the following sectors: containers, Ro/Ro and general cargo.The cruise market is also on the rise and, when the construction of the Passenger Terminal will be completed, the Port of Salerno will become one of the most important cruise port in the Mediterranean.

Muvita Foundation for the development of Smart Energy

The aim of the Foundation Muvita (100% property of Province of Genoa) is the scientific and cultural dissemination by providing services and activities about:
• scientific communication;
• training programs on different levels;

• education and learning;
• scientific and technical research;
• promotion of cultural activieties and local animation.
The Foundation duties are divided into several areas; among all, we put a highlight on the following issues dealing with "energy":

• the coordination of the project "Energy Province";
• the management of the "Provincial Desk of Renewable Energy and Energy Saving" (on behalf of Province of Genoa);
• the support to the Province of Genoa for the promotion and implementation of the “Covenant of Mayors" (addressed to the local municipalities);

• the implementation of pilot iniziatives such as:

- Energy audit for enterprises

- “Arenzanuova: picturing the city of renewable energies”

- Environmental Energy Plan Port

• training (particularly for the staff of the Public Administration)

• carrying out communication campaigns on the issues of “smart energy”

• the environmental education activities towards school and citizens;
• the management of Muvita Science Center, in Arenzano (Genoa), dealing with relationship among man, energy sources and climate.