The Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems Laboratory of the Technical University of Crete organized a Stakeholders Consultation session on “Green Transition in Ports”, on 7 December 2023 in Chania. The event was an initiative of the European project BLUE PORTS funded by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) jointly with the project Green Ports: ports in green transition supported by the Heinrich Böll Foundation-Thessaloniki, with the support of the General Secretariat for Aegean and Island Policy and the DG Mare-European Commission.

The event focused on the actions needed for ports to adapt to climate crisis, focusing on the development of skills in the relevant professions, their role in the green transition and the benefits they can reap. Participants included stakeholders and experts from the maritime sector, at European, national and regional level, representatives of port authorities and policy makers, in order to share experiences and views on the path towards the green transition of a critical sector for our country and to discuss pathways for the realisation of the vision of sustainable zero-emission ports.