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 to present project results in November
Brussels, Belgium, September 2017 Within the framework of the PORTOPIA project, a European consortium of academics, IT experts and port professionals has been...
MoU signed at Xi’an Silk Road Business Summit
Beijing, China (Ports Europe) September 17 – On 8-9 September 2017 Xi’an Silk Road Business Summit and Silk Road Cultural Week was held in...
Event: UfM Regional Stakeholder Conference on Blue Economy – Naples, November 29-30, 2017
European Commission, September 17, 2017 –Â UfM Regional Stakeholder Conference on Blue Economy In 2015, the Ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean...
EU Commission: Building a maritime strategy in the Black Sea
EU Commission, September 15, 2017 – Building a maritime strategy in the Black Sea Developing the blue economy in the Black Sea was the theme of a...
Vigo port to present “Blue Growth” strategy to EU institutions
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) plans to present its “Blue Growth” strategy for...
Event: Our Ocean 2017 Conference: Malta, October 5-6, 2017
Valletta, Malta, September 11, 2017 –Â The European Union will host the fourth edition of Our Ocean conference in Malta, 5 – 6 October 2017. Our...
“Trieste Portis Meeting”: Three Days for Sustainable Mobility Events in Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – AÂ “Trieste Portis Meeting” will take place in the port September 13-15 with the...
UK Department for Transport UK Port Freight Statistics: 2016 – Short Sea Freight with the European Union
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 –Â UK major port traffic with the European Union rose 2% to 206.8 million tonnes in 2016, due...
BPA says ports welcome focus on businesses and trade in Labour announcements on Brexit
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – British Ports Association Chief Executive Richard Ballantyne has welcomed the Labour Party...
European Parliament to host conference on new technologies in maritime transport sector
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – The president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao), Asier Atutxa, will participate in a...
Grimaldi group will present the case of Hellenic Seaways in Brussels
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2017 –Â The Italian shipping group Grimaldi Lines is preparing a complaint to be sent to the European...
ITF: Local Governments and Ports report
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The International Transport Forum (ITF) has published a report that compares the different ways in...
EU Sauron project to tackle cyber security
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – Â The SAURON project (Scalable multidimensionAl sitUation awaReness sOlution for protectiNg european...
New Pitesti-Sibiu highway to Constanta port faces delays
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) August 20, 2017 – The contract for the feasibility study of the Pitesti-Sibiu highway, linking Romania’s capital...
Croatia starts preliminary work on LNG facility
Krk, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 18, 217 – Croatia has started preliminary underwater works in the northern Adriatic, the first concrete step in...
BPA welcome Government customs aspirations but want reassurances on borders post Brexit
London, United Kingdom, 15 August 2017 Commenting on the publication of the Government’s Brexit negotiating position paper on customs, the British Ports...
Konstantinos Rigas on port regulations and environmental charging
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – Baltic Ports Conference 2017 has interviewed Konstantinos Rigas, Unit “Ports & Inland...
Barcelona, Koper ports cooperate to boost handling of new cars at Motorways of the Sea
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Barcelona and Koper ports are carrying out the CarEsmatic project to boost the transport of new vehicles on...
EC to finance LNG project of Gas Natural-Fenosa
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) will finance the Eco-Gate project, a plan for the development of compressed...
MedCruise to join of European Ports Forum
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 29, 2017 – In June 2017, the European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc announced the creation of a European...