
Port of Barcelona
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Oct 6, 2026
#48: Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy (World Ocean Council) – Getting Proven Solutions Past the Pilot Stage
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43:34Fed De GobbiHOST
So let's say from the point of view of a port, what could be an example of something they're trying to achieve or a need they might have and how does it then connect to the other two elements?
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43:47Stewart Sarkozy-BanoczyGUEST
I'll use the port that I work with the most and that's Barcelona, the port of Barcelona and the city of Barcelona.
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43:54Stewart Sarkozy-BanoczyGUEST
And granted, they do have a blue economy plan for the city and the port, and they're working together and they're working with us and many other partners.
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44:03Stewart Sarkozy-BanoczyGUEST
So there's already a bit of an ecosystem readiness, if you will, right? But still, the port has to have a series of projects that they want to fulfill.
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47:01Fed De GobbiHOST
So starting from the port, having that need because it's coming, you know, they now have a mandate because it's coming from regulation.
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47:07Fed De GobbiHOST
How would they find ocean ecostructures? Would they go get a consultant? Would they call you guys? How would they go about it? How does that get started?
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47:18Stewart Sarkozy-BanoczyGUEST
And I think even if we weren't discussing just the port of Barcelona, we're talking about any port or city, it's often, and this is also tough for entrepreneurs, for companies, for startups, the regulation and the business licensing and the procurement process can often be a killer, right? So that's part of this.
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47:37Stewart Sarkozy-BanoczyGUEST
So you described a couple of ways that could actually happen.