EU Policy
A category covering news about how European Union (EU) policy relates to ports. This includes the relationship between EU and national government policy, the role of EU institutions. Subjects include EU regulation, the environment, cold ironing, investment, aid and Ten-T transport.
Portopia presents outcome of project
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) November 10, 2017 – Portopia has presented the outcome of the project and shed a light on future developments. This...
Tangier Med to starting point to develop the MoS in the Mediterranean
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Escola Europea has held a conference in Tangier “Motorways of the Sea: new tools towards...
Serbia to receive over €11 million EU funds for transport development
Brussels, Belgium, October 24, 2017 Zorana Mihajlović, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Dirk Beckers, Director of INEA signed today a grant agreement on...
EU: New Horizon 2020 Work Programme announced
Brussels, Belgium, October 27, 2017 The European Commission has announced the new Horizon 2020 Work Programme, including all funding opportunities for the two...
Vigo port complains to EC about collective labour agreement of dockworkers
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) president Enrique López Veiga filed a complaint with the...
Pesaro port receives €900,000 EU funding for infrastructure works
Pesaro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Pesaro port has received a financing of €900,000 ($1.05 million) from the European Union (EU) for...
EC adopts three directives on passenger ship security
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) has reinforced the security of passenger ships by adopting three directives...
British ports look for delivery on connectivity and planning
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Prior to this week’s British Ports Association (BPA) Annual Conference, BPA Chief Executive...
Salerno to benefit from new EU-funded road link
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – At a cost of €45.4 million ($53.67 million), a new road is to be constructed in Campania, southern...
Ports, Intermodality and Logistics in the Rhine-Alpine Corridor
Genoa, Italy, October 2, 2017 Ports, Intermodality and Logistics in the Rhine-Alpine Corridor On 2 October 2017, Palazzo San Giorgio (Genoa), hosted...
Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company updates on Interreg Danube projects progress
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – The Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BIP Co.) has held a meeting to present progress on the...
“DocksTheFuture” project included in Horizon 2020 approved transport projects
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 8, 2017 – The EU Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) has announced that 27 projects have been...
EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas
EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas Malta, 5 October 2017 EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas At...
EU delegation visits port of Burgas
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – In September 2017, a delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism...
BPA reacts to “Free Trade Zones” document from Crowe Clark Whitehill
BPA reacts to “Free Trade Zones” document from Crowe Clark Whitehill 28 September 2017 The British Ports Association has called for a new debate on...
30 organisations ask europe to invest more in transport
21 September 2017, European Sea Ports Organisation With the slogan “More EU budget for transport, the best investment plan for Europe” a coalition of...
EP Committee on Petitions visits Larnaca
Larnaca, Cyprus (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – The EP Committee on Petitions (PETI) conducted a fact-finding mission to Larnaca, September 20-22,...
Burgas to host the next stop of the European Maritime Day cruise
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The next stop of the European Maritime Day cruise is on May 31-June 1, 2018 in Burgas, on...
EU holds maritime event in Batumi, Georgia
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – On September 15 the EU held the “Connecting the region through marine and maritime...
Call for tenders to establish a Blue Bioeconomy Forum
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has issued a tender to set up...