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Dockinfos ISSUE 97, OCTOBER 2015

editorial

Editorial director Olivier Lemaire

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With fluctuating freight rates and the threat of overcapacity, recent orders for giant container ships by multinational maritime operators are raising concerns. The successive global or regional crises that have hit our development model, heavily dependent on sustained growth in mass consumption, reflect the urgent need for new sustainable development strategies. So what exactly is the thin-king behind these shipowner strategies? In its conclusions, the working group set up by the OECD to look at the issue noted that the expected benefits for our ports and communities are far from apparent. The costs of building the infrastructures needed to accommodate such large vessels are often conside-red prohibitively high. The impacts on regional port organisation, environment and mobility are frequently described as disastrous for economic development based on responsibility and solidarity. Our organisation cannot ignore this debate. We will make our voice heard in the discussions that are now beginning on this maritime shipping trend. The local interests of every port region and city cannot be divorced from the global challenges we now face. Proper dialogue between cities, ports and economic operators is more vital than ever.

Philippe MatthisAIVP President

At their most recent general meeting in Dublin (Ireland) on 28 May 2015, the members of AIVP expressed their wish to join the World Urban Campaign, in order to make a more active contribution to international efforts in the area of sustainable urban development. In response, AIVP President Philippe Mathis applied for membership of the World Urban Campaign on the organisation’s behalf. The World Urban Campaign (WUC) is a partnership platform that works to place the urban agenda at the highest level in development policies. Coordinated by UN-Habitat, it is driven by a strategic group of dedicated partners focused on the big urban issues of the future.

The World Urban Campaign also has a key role in preparations for Habitat III, the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, due to be held in Quito (Ecuador) from 17-20 October 2016. Habitat III will take place 40 years after the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in Vancouver, and 20 years after the Habitat II conference in Istanbul. In 2016, Habitat III will mark a new milestone and an opportunity to take stock of the current state of urban development. Rather than being seen as places where crises originate, cities should now instead be considered in terms of their potential to provide solutions for a sustainable future.

For nearly 30 years, AIVP has been working actively to advocate closer relations between local maritime and riverside communities, port authorities and their economic and social partners, with the aim of promoting sustainable development projects. As a result, AIVP is a vital international partner, ideally placed to carry messages from port cities to the attention of international organisations concerned with urban development.

For the World Urban Campaign, AIVP has proposed to raise awareness and promote the possibilities for bringing together urban and port functions as a means of deploying sus-tainable development solutions, taking greater advantage of the potential offered by “smart” technologies, such as:

� Smart buildings. As many maritime and river-based port and industrial functions have moved elsewhere, vast spaces have been freed up, close to city centres. As these waterfront areas are redeveloped to host new urban activities, or new dockside buildings created for housing, culture and entertainment, there is an opportunity to

incorporate cutting edge heat recovery or water-based cooling systems, providing a sustainable way to heat or cool new buil-dings and districts.

� Renewable energies. The international development of marine renewable energy (MRE) is opening up new prospects for economic development in port cities, which make ideal industrial rear bases and sites for offshore wind farms, marine turbines, and tidal energy installations.

�Mobility. Waterways can be used to transport goods by sea or river directly to destinations close to the point of consump-tion. Management of heavy materials flowing in and out of city centres represents another everyday challenge for any urban develop-ment. The potential offered by waterways is now being reflected in efforts to reorganise urban distribution circuits and works project management, whereas previously it was ignored in favour of exclusively road-based transport. As this new approach to urban proximity logistics takes hold, there are significant gains to be made in terms of sustainable mobility.

� Community dialogue. As engines for global economic development with multiple local impacts, ports need to involve local com-munities in their actions to promote local job creation, the search for solutions to limit environmental pollution, and a new role in the management of coastal, river or estuary ecosystems. The creation of a new city-port-citizens’ pact is a prerequisite for the success of sustainable port city projects.

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News

San Pedro: City Port governanceThe port of San Pedro takes advantage of its dynamic role in the region’s economy to call for stronger City Port governance. A quadrupling in traffic in the last five years, 40,000 jobs, 5% of GDP: the results back up the vision of the port’s CEO, who intends to forge ahead with an ambitious programme of port development. Regional integra-tion and port support for agro-business development are also priorities.

« Port Talk », Port Metro VancouverCreated as part of a major port infrastructure project, the “Port Talk” website is now an essential resource for managing relations with the local community. The port is constantly looking to improve its engagement with the public and its ability to provide hard facts in response to citizens’ questions.

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Veracruz: the evolution of a port – cityThe globalisation movement of the 1990s strengthened the port’s historic role for Mexico. It also turned the city into one of the country’s most significant urban zones. Yet the once compact and traditional city has become a sprawling metropolis with numerous urban centres. In recent years, the contrast has become more marked between those areas earmarked for port deve-lopment, logistics zones, upscale tourist and residential zones, and increasingly deprived districts.

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Quebec: Bassin LouiseThe port of Quebec is opening its proposals for Bassin Louise, an emblematic port city site, to public consultation. The object is to improve the integration of this future “Port quarter” by developing new public spaces and offering new recreational and artistic activities through property development and also by attrac-ting cruise ships.

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COP21: sustainable logistics chainBuild-up to COP21: a fascinating report on the sustainable nature of the logistics chain analysed in 11 countries. The countries concerned are in America, Asia and Europe. The report includes estimates of the logistics chain’s impact on climate and water resources, and its vulnerability. Europe broadly appears better prepared with greater readiness among logistics stakeholders. New technologies are seen as essential to a more efficient, more resilient logistics industry.

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Civitavecchia: A historic agreementThe city and port of Civitavec-chia signed the first of a series of agreement protocols for develo-ping the urban territory. More than 20M€ will be invested by 2025. A part will be devoted to impro-ving the management of services linked to the impact of cruise ship tourist flows. There will also be investment in redevelopment projects for urban spaces and decoration, as well as environ-mental monitoring.

Toronto: urban art strategy for the waterfrontWaterfront Toronto includes contemporary art in projects right from the earliest planning stages, as in the case of the West Don Lands precinct. This same stra-tegy will be applied to streets and public spaces in other parts of the waterfront.

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Los Angeles: AltaSea, port of the futureInitiated by the then Port Director, Geraldine Knatz, the project aims to turn the 14 hectare City Dock 1 site into a campus for scien-tists and businesses, to develop pioneering solutions for climate change challenges. While it could serve as a testing ground for the sustainable port, it also represents another approach to the working waterfront. In addition, the cam-pus will forge a new relationship with the local community, if only thanks to the 1350 people who could come to work there.

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OCDE – Cruise industryOECD published a working document on the cruise industry and call conditions in port cities. In his report Thanos Pallis of the University of the Aegean explores the different types of issues affecting the growth of the cruise ship industry today. He also looks at the impacts on the port-city environment which go hand in hand with this growth.

Port of Long Beach: an energy planEnergy Island: the Port is currently working on a strategic plan for transition to renewable energy and off-grid production. With the key words of “security, sustainable development and resilience”, the Port is starting on a process which should bring emissions rates close to zero in the long term (10 years).

Mega-ships and common interestFor the International Transport Forum, mega-ships will add to the cost of international transport and harm the common interest. As operators look to maximise scale economies, ships carrying over 20,000 containers are now a reality. For ports, this means constant and costly adaptations to infrastructures. The traffic peaks also pose huge difficulties for terminals and port hinterland transport. Eventually, this race towards ever larger vessels could prove counter-productive for society and the global transport industry.

Seville: Smart portWith its Tecnoport 2025 project, Seville hopes to become a Smart Port and offer new value sources. The port plans to act on three principal lines of work: onward despatch of goods via the Ma-drid/Canaries intermodal corridor; optimisation of use of the port’s internal rail network; regulation of river traffic. All will be done with transparency, in particular with the creation of an open web available to the public.

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Bordeaux, the “Bassins à Flot” wet docks: main-taining an active port as part of the urban project

Interview with Etienne Naudé, Head of Stra-tegy & Development at Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux

AIVP – The ship repair yard “Bassins à Flot” had welcomed its first vessels: a 103 m river cruise boat,

and the barge designed to carry parts for the Airbus A380. A new phase is set to commence in 2016, as you look to consoli-date your ambition of positioning Bordeaux in the yacht and superyacht refit sector. The presence of this ship repair activity at the heart of “Bassins à flot” project can be seen as a reflection of your commitment to maintaining an active port as part of this major urban redevelopment. Can you tell us what this project means for Bordeaux?

Etienne Naudé - In recent years, the City of Bordeaux and the port have been promoting the development of the river cruise industry, with six river cruise boats currently in ope-ration, ranging from 110 to 135 m in length. These vessels need to be regularly maintained and repaired, and that opens up possibilities for using the infrastructures. That was one of the reasons behind the agreement with the local authorities.

Alongside that, the capacity to host these installations and their location in the heart of the built-up area naturally led us to position ourselves in the yacht and superyacht refit sector, notably thanks to the expertise of local businesses and the attractions of the city centre for crews.

AIVP – The issue of integrating this type of activity into the heart of an urban redeve-lopment project is crucial, of course. You launched an impact study to look at the effects of the project in 2013. To get an idea of the context, what kinds of urban functions are there currently - or planned - whether in direct contact with the dry docks and this centre of activity, or on the opposite side of the dock, and what are the main integration and impact mitigation solutions that have been adopted?

Etienne Naudé – The overall development programme decided on by the CUB (now Bor-deaux Métropole) on 26 March 2010 set down the following figures:

� Housing : 442,354 m²

� Tertiary activities : 95,126 m²

�Miscellaneous activities (industrial, sailing, etc.): 81,430 m²

� Commercial & retail: 57,185 m²

� Public amenities: 24,723 m²

The wet docks represent a total of 220,000 m² of water, equipped with two dry docks measu-ring 150 and 100 m in length respectively.

The activities associated with these dry docks form a separate component of the urban project in their own right, strengthening the identity both of the site and of the “Bordeaux Maritime” project.

In order to allow co-existence with this new area of the city, and in agreement with the public authorities, it was decided to set up river boat maintenance operations here in these installations, and refits that do not require heavy works. Those will be carried out at another site.

AIVP – To take another example, how has the urban promenade planned to run the length of the wet docks, and in particular this ship repair sector, been made pos-sible? And, looking beyond the issues of safety and potential environmental impact on people using the promenade, will it be an opportunity to create a genuine view-point to showcase this port activity?

Etienne Naudé – A range of possibilities is currently being looked at with the “Atelier des bassins à flot”, a consultation body res-ponsible for the project. The site will need to be fenced off for safety and security reasons, but it will be possible to walk around the ship yard, which itself represents an attraction for local residents and visitors.

The fences will be transparent, allowing views of the dock activity.

AIVP – You have been discussing this project via the “Atelier des bassins à flot”, a consultation body that includes the Grand Port Maritime, the City, the Urban Commu-nity and private developers. To get a better understanding of the role played by this consultation-based approach in defining the city-port project, can you briefly sum-marise the areas of discussion or conflict around this specific project, and give us some concrete examples of how the Atelier influenced the initial project?

Etienne Naudé – Discussions in the “Atelier des bassins” were productive. The main fears raised were the result of people assuming the refit yards were going to be a heavy industry, a source of noise and pollution. That’s why we organised a tour of Viareggio (Italy). The pro-fessionals we met there included the manager of a yard, who summed up this type of activity perfectly by saying: “a refit yard is not a heavy industry, it’s the Champs Élysées and the Place Vendôme... “. River vessel maintenance can also be integrated into the urban project, and very quickly became an obvious choice.

A decision was also taken to focus on yacht refit activity.

These different aspects of the shipyard project were looked at as part of an impact study, which allowed us to identify sensitive areas and define the impact prevention and control measures necessary to properly integrate these fast-growing activities, which generate jobs and added value for the whole urban project.

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Study trip to Tangier (Morocco) - 19-20 November 2015Including presentations, field visits and discussions with local stakeholders, the study trip will provide a better understanding of the reasons behind the growing international reach of Tanger-Med and its industrial and logistical platform, while also offering an insight into the progress achieved by the ambitious “Tangier-City” city port project.

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Development prospects for the North American networkOn 21 September 2015, Philippe Matthis, President of AIVP and Deputy CEO of the Port of Brus-sels, hosted Quebec’s Minister for Transport and the Implementation of the Maritime Strategy, Mr Jean D’Amour, who was in Europe to promote Quebec’s maritime strategy.

Mario Girard, President & CEO of the Port of Quebec and Vice-

President of AIVP for the America zone, accompanied the mem-bers of the Quebec delegation, who included the CEOs of the port authorities of Saguenay, Valleyfield, Sept-Iles and Trois Rivières. A good opportunity for Philippe Matthis and Mario Girard to introduce AIVP to these Que-bec ports, which could join our network in 2016!

“From the Citizen Port to the Port Center Concept” – Leghorn (Italy) – 3rd November 2015The Port Authority of Leghorn, Assoporti, the Italian Ports Association and AIVP, organise on November 3rd, 2015 the Executive Think Tank Workshop on: “From the Citizen Port to the Port Center Concept”, which will examine the opportunities emerging of the construction of a sustainable port city relationship.

Eamonn O’Reilly, CEO, Port of Dublin, Henk de Bruijn, Director of Social Affairs, Port of Rotterdam and several leading experts from Italian Port Cities, will bring their own experience and exchange ideas regarding the issues that Italian port cities have to face in a

continually evolving society and globalized world; where competi-tion and economic development have to take into consideration indicators such as social impact, employment, education as well as environmental matters.

The workshop will take place on occasion of the opening of the Livorno Port Center.

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• Port Authority of Livorno – Francesca MORUCCI morucci@portauthority.li.it

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