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.
EU project tests new technologies in Madrid to improve traffic and travel information
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2017 – Spanish technology group Indra is working on the European R&D&i project Harmony to develop new...
CPMR supports EU motorways of the sea policy
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) is an association of 150 maritime regions, and as...
EU Commission requires Belgium and France to put an end to tax exemptions for ports
Brussels, Belgium EU Commission requires Belgium and France to put an end to tax exemptions for ports The European Commission has required Belgium and France...
British Ports Association publishes government briefing
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The British Ports Association (BPA) has produced a briefing document summarising the leading...
Spain fined €3 million by European Court of Justice over stevedore sector
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union’s Court of Justice has ordered Spain to pay a punitive fine of €3 million ($3.4...
EU supports new railway line from Venice to Ljubljana
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union is to support the construction of a new railway line from Venice to Ljubljana, Slovenia....
Zadar port to receive cruise investment
Zadar, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The port of Zadar is to the site of a new cruise port on the Croatian Adriatic coastline. Other ports in the...
EU awards €8.4 million to Odyssea consortium
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The European Union (EU) has awarded the international consortium Odyssea a total of €8.4 million ($9.6...
Vigo port complains of EC bureaucracy
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Vigo was the first port in Europe to join the blue growth strategy launched by the European Commission (EC), a...
Trieste to host EU-China meeting on transportÂ
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – The Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Puertos del Estado hopes for lowest possible fine for Spain
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca has said that he hopes that the...
Normandy trawlers face Brexit ban from British waters
Rouen, Normandy, France (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The decision of the British government to close its waters to European fishermen could have serious...
EU ports at risk too, UK Chamber of Shipping tells Brexit negotiators
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 –Â The EU is ignoring the risk of Brexit to European ports, Chief executive of the UK Chamber of...
EC approves launch of Ocean Network Express alliance
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) has given the green light to the launch of the Ocean Network Express alliance...
EU CEF allocates €3.5 million to Venice port development
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July2, 2017 – The European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has allocated €3.5 million ($4 million) to...
Venice port to receive €3.25 million under CEF
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Venice port has gained financing under two projects of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) out of a total 13...
Rijeka port gets €34 million funding under CEF
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – Rijeka port said it will receive a funding worth €34 million ($38 million) from the European Commission (EC)...
IDC calls for Europe-wide strikes on June 29
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has called a Europe-wide port stoppage in support of the...
BIFA calls for UK to remain in customs union
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – British International Freight Association (BIFA) Director General, Robert Keen, has called for the...
EC welcomes international agreement to increase the safety of passenger ships
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – On June 16, 2017, the European Commission commented on the international agreement adopted this week...