The Spanish Port of Castellón has introduced important environmental upgrades to its South Dock area, where 20 new dust trap screens have been erected. Each is made up of a ten metre high steel structure on which there is a textile mesh. These are capable of reducing wind speed behind the screens by 60% and have been designed to stop particles being discharged into the air during dry bulk handling.
The Port Authority has invested €308,699.83 in the new installation.
Castellón has been in the very forefront in Spain in terms of this type of protection, having invested €1,259,427 since 2016 in the installation of windbreaks and dust screens in both the outer cross dock and in the main north and south docks. In total, the port authority has undertaken 18 environmental protection actions to minimize the emission of particles into the environment.
Among these initiatives is the provision on its website of real-time public information on the air quality in the port environment, as well as the provision of wheel washers to prevent vehicles taking dust outside the port and the approval of a Code of Good Environmental Practices to regulate solid bulk handling operations in the port area.