During an official dinner at the GreenPort Congress in Barcelona on Wednesday, 15 October, ESPO congratulated the ports of Calais, Cork and Moerdijk for achieving the Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certification, ESPO said in its media release.
The ports of Cork and Moerdijk achieved PERS certification for the fourth consecutive time since their initial certifications in 2006. Calais received its certificate for the third time in a row since its initial commitment to PERS in 2010.
PERS is the only port sector specific environmental management standard. It is the flagship product of the EcoPorts network and is offered as part of ESPO services to its members through the EcoPorts website.
Compliance with the PERS standard is independently assessed by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance and the certificate has a validity of two years. There are currently 20 ports in Europe that hold a valid PERS certificate.