L’économie circulaire dans les ports du Range Nord Européen. Etat des lieux pour la constitution d’écosystèmes d’innovation circulaires

The aim of the study programme entitled Impact des Ports dans l'Economie Circulaire (IMPPEC) is to analyse the role of ports in the development of circular economy projects. The initial research results of the IMPPEC programme have shown that industrial port areas can play an important role in the development of circular economy projects. Industrial port areas can be favourable spaces for the development of circular economy activities circular economy activities and, more specifically, industrial ecology. The circular economy appears to be an opportunity for this type of area to make a transition in their economic model by focusing on sustainable development. It could be an avenue for regional economic development, by initiating processes of innovation innovation processes, stimulating the creation and installation of new businesses and strengthening the the competitiveness of existing businesses. To verify and measure this relationship, a dashboard of (Imppec Report No. 1, 2020), this dashboard was then applied to the case of Dunkirk, enabling us to take stock of the development of a innovation ecosystem, i.e. driven by the circular economy projects (Imppec Report No. 2, 2022). In this third report, our aim is to compare the construction of circular economy activities in other industrial port areas. Based on the ranking of the ten largest North Sea ports, obtained using the criteria of surface area and maritime traffic, we first wanted to find out about circular economy activities in each of these ports. This overview of circular economy activities in the Ports of the Northern European Range will enable us to position Dunkirk among its neighbours and competitors in this transition towards sustainable development, which has become a strategic axis for the development of industrial port territories (Carpenter et al., 2018; Mat, 2015).