The Living Ports project is showcasing innovative ecological port infrastructure and encourages public engagement, thereby contributing to transforming the way working waterfronts look and function. Living Ports is designed by a consortium, led by ECOncrete and is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The project aims to catalyse a shift in the Coastal and Marine infrastructure (CMI) industry with bio-enhancing seawalls and a coastal protection scheme. The sea walls, besides providing protection against wave action, are designed with unique chemical makeup and textures to promote marine life settlement and create the conditions for a diverse ecosystem on the infrastructure itself. Two sites in and alongside the Port of Vigo are installing the technology. In Portocultura, two seawalls will feature a “Mangrove design” and an “Azouri design”. In Bouzas, 100 ECOncrete CoastaLock™ units, single layer armor protection units with caverns and tunnels that mimic different tidal habitats, will be installed in the riprap revetment for shoreline protection. Alongside these installations, an underwater observatory, the Nautilus, was built by Cardama Shipyards, a Vigo naval construction company. The observatory will provide the public with a subsurface view of marine life, the port’s traffic, and the bio-enhancing installations. A research team from the Technical University of Denmark will be surveying biodiversity to provide reference for future understanding of the ecological impacts of the waterfront infrastructure and coastal protection installations using the ECOncrete®’s technology.