EcoPorts is the main environmental initiative of the European port sector.

The Port of Plymouth is dedicated to helping improve the air quality throughout the city. Cattewater Harbour Commissioners published their Port Air Quality Strategy in 2019, setting out the Harbour’s current and future plans to improve air quality in Plymouth.

As part of the Scapa Flow Ballast Water Management Policy the Harbour conducts comprehensive marine non-native species monitoring.

Lerwick Port Authority have used an environmentally-friendly, cost-saving fendering solution nearer to home, using recycled tyres, instead of importing from abroad.

As a European EcoPort, and with ISO 14001 accreditation, Aberdeen Harbour has been developing a programme of environmental priorities and initiatives, which will enable the combined port to be more energy efficient and fit for the future of energy.

ABP have announced an investment of more than £120,000 in a new fleet of electric vans to be deployed at its East Anglian Ports of Lowestoft, Ipswich and King’s Lynn.

Portland Port has invested in a new Mitsubishi Outlander hybrid electric 4x4 to help reduce carbon emissions from the port’s vehicle fleet. The Port intends to install a fast charging point for the vehicle.

Portland Harbour Authority have prepared an ‘Aquatic Invasive Non-Native (Alien) Species Plan’ that documents its understanding of invasive non-native species (and other harmful organisms such as diseases) in its jurisdiction and surroundings, considerations relating user interests, and potential measures going forward to improve understanding and reduce the overall risk.

Lerwick Port Authority supports the ‘Fishing for Litter’ initiative developed by KIMO (Local Authorities International Environmental Organisation), a European-wide association of coastal local authorities whose goal is to eliminate pollution from the Northern Seas.

In June 2019, research commissioned by ABP revealed environmental and other benefits of choosing Hull and Immingham for moving cargo between key logistics hubs in the UK and EU.