The second day of the TransOman Conference focused on related maritime issues, other than developments and challenges being faced by the sector, via coverage of green port initiatives, maritime skill building and technological solutions and strategies by expert speakers related to the field, during the second half session of the second day of the TransOman Conference 2012 which took place on 29th May, 2012.

Heading session two of the second day of the Conference, Mr. Ricardo Sanz, Head of Civil Works Area, Isdefe, Spain (Systems Engineering for the Defence of Spain) in Green Ports Initiative in Spain took attendees through the objectives of green ports namely emissions reduction, reduction of the overall energy consumption, encouragement of a distributed energy generation and optimization in energy management. He also covered environment targets in a green port which includes waste management, supplies and consumption control, emissions reduction in the port area and port environmental management He explained the concept of green ports initiative project undertaken by his organization Isdefe via Improvements to the Rota Naval Station. The port of Rota Naval Station is the first Spanish Green Port, and it serves as a reference model for other port facilities in the civilian context.