Port of Vigo Authority’s Blue Growth Interpretation and Implementation Plan

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A pioneering comprehensive implementation

First questions raised:

Is it just an atractive slogan?

Is it a good idea?

Is it applicable?

And … if so … How can it be carried out?

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A pioneering comprehensive implementation

In order to try to address those issues let us have anoverview of the concept: Blue Growth

The second issue is that not all those sectors exist in everyplace nor have the possibility of being developed

The existing sectors, … are they interrelated, are theresinergies among them?

At the Port of Vigo, we have concluded that wehave to respond with a categorical and robustYES to all those questions and, in order toillustrate this, we will show what happens inone of the more important sectors of Vigo’seconomy, which is also closely related toDGMARE: Fisheries, understanding this activityin its widest sense

An example of application: Frozen Fish

Port of Vigo Authority’s opinion on how Blue Growth’sinitiative should be applied

• It should be addressed with a holistic approach: it should be seen as a whole and not as

a sum of interdependently analyzed parts.

• It should be differently implemented depending on the area: a bottom-up approach is

needed.

• It is an incremental methodology.

• It can be exported to other areas.

• It seeks to attract private investors and funds.

• Its main goal is to achive technological and managerial innovation, as well as to

preserve and develop maritime and port culture.

• It should be planned according to a reasonable time framework.

• The resulting projects shoud be well defined and work as spin-offs of the parent initiative.

• A sufficiently comprehensive institution shoud lead the initiative in each location: in

this case the Port of Vigo Authority

Why the Port of Vigo?

• It is the node where the most important economic activities

meet: Lo-Lo terminal, Ro-Ro terminal, fresh fish, frozen fish,

shipbuilding, cruises, and marina.

• It is an export/import port: goods are exported as finished

products or are used as raw materials by local industries.

• It is a nodal point in the Motorway of the Sea between Vigo and

Saint Nazaire (France): it has a Lo-Lo container terminal and a Ro-

Ro unloading terminal.

• The Port of Vigo cooperates actively with Campus do Mar and

enjoys the campus’ high-degree specialisation and skills.

• It is the most important port of the world in terms of

commercialisation of fish for human consumption.

• It is the leading port of Galicia in general cargo.

• It is the leading port of Spain in traffic of granite.

Quisiera insertar aquí una serie de buenas fotografías (preguntar a Lola) que nos permitiera sobrevolar el puerto de Vigo desde la terminal ro-ro hacia adentro porque los Bruselenses no entienden bien la complejidad de los puertos. Me cargué por eso la diapo del Inclusive port porque hay que ser mucho más detallado gráficamente.

Vigo

Cangas

MoañaVilaboa

Redondela

2.5 million sqm of portland

14,000 Ha sheltered waters: Mouths & Channels Entrance25-38m. draught

In 5 Municipalities

Port Service Area: The Vigo Estuary

The Port of Vigo

A Diversified Port

A Smart Port

Blue Growth Working Groups

1. Strengthening research, technological development and

innovation

2. Enhancing access to, and use and quality of information and

communication technologies (ICT)

3. Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized

enterprises (SMEs)

4. Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors

5. Promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and

management

6. Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting

resource efficiency

7. Promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key

network infrastructures

8. Promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting

labour mobility

9. Promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any

discrimination

10. Investing in education, training and vocational training for skills

and lifelong learning

11. Enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and

stakeholders and efficient public administration

GOVERNANCE

LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

GENERAL CARGO

CRUISE TRAFFIC

FRESH FISH

MOTORWAYS & HIGHWAYS

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING

RELIEF

BLUE BIOTECHNOLOGY

BLUE ENERGY

FROZEN FISH

MARINA

SHIPBUILDING

DRY PORT

PORT & MARITIME HISTORY,

CULTURE AND EDUCATION

Blue Growth Areas and Europe 2020 Thematic Objectives

Blue Growth Methodology

Blue Growth Schedule

The Port Plans

Plan of Infrastructures

Strategic Plan Special Plan

Projects(Example of a Project Description Template)

SEPORHA: Smart Green Energy Portsand Harbours

MAGALLANES: Tidal-energyFloating Generator

GREEN ENERGY PORTS CONFERENCE

LONJA 4.0: Smart and Efficient FishMarkets

Final Blue Growth Output: Projects

Example of Output Projects

Final Blue Growth Output: Specific Actions

Specific Actions are those that, while not being suitable as projects, must betaken by the Port Authority of Vigo, even urgently, in order to ensure thatparticular goals of the Blue Growth Plan are successfully achieved asoutlined during the elaboration process. Those actions may include:• Recommendations for public administrations.• Meetings with private enterprises.• Meetings with public and/or private organizations.Ultimately, the goal is, of course, to improve the competitiveness of the Portof Vigo’s area of influence.

Vigo Cruise Terminal Pesquera ÁncoraSAGEPROSA DO VENTOSS.Coop.Gallega y Asoc. Taxi de Vigo y provincia

de Pontevedra

Escuela Municipal de Artes y Oficios

Escuela Náutica Pesquera

Fed. de Cofradías

PIF

Sanidad Exterior Sanidad Animal

Capitanía Marítima

Consejo Asesor Comercial

Facultad de Bellas Artes

Asociación Transitarios (ATEIA)

Asociación Consignatarios (ACOESPO)

Sanidad Vegetal

Stakeholders

INVITED INSTITUTIONS

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