Environmental, energy and engineering consultancy firm Ricardo is partnering with the port of Huelva, Spain, to identify and promote green shipping corridors.
The port of Huelva has become the first Spanish port to detail plans to explore green corridors as a mechanism for decarbonising maritime operations. Ricardo will identify at least five green shipping corridors into the port, highlight improvements to port operations and infrastructure, recommend low-carbon logistics and advise on regulations and development actions with official bodies. It will also devise a phased roadmap and action plans for public and private entities for these shipping corridors.
As part of its green shipping corridor efforts, the port of Huelva is looking to strengthen partnerships across the maritime value chain – including terminal operators, industrial fuel producers and commercial shipping companies – to develop European green shipping projects.
“We are delighted to be working with port of Huelva on this ambitious green shipping corridor project,” said Ricardo’s green shipping corridor lead, Matt Moss. “The port is taking bold steps to understand how they can decarbonise their value chain, and this firmly establishes them as leaders in port sustainability, not just in Spain but throughout Europe.”
Phase one of the project began last month.
In other work, Ricardo’s maritime decarbonisation team have conducted two pre-feasibility assessments between the UK and Norway, and the UK and Denmark to determine which routes have the most potential to become green shipping corridors. It has also carried out feasibility studies between the port of Holyhead, in the UK; the port of Dublin, Ireland; and in the North Sea shipping corridor between the port of Tyne, UK, and the port of Ijmuiden, the Netherlands.
