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 to lift air, maritime internal border controls with Bulgaria, Romania
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 8, 2024 – At the end of last year, the European Council announced that from March 31, 2024, the EU will lift air...
Interreg Italy-Croatia cross-border program 2021-2027, managed by Veneto
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 27, 2023 – The Interreg Italy-Croatia cross-border cooperation program 2021-2027 is to be managed by the Veneto...
Port of Bilbao signs the European Wind Charter
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) December 21, 2023 – The Bilbao Port Authority has signed the European Wind Charter, confirming its commitment to...
Ports of Brest and Sète join the EU TEN-T network
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 21, 2023 – The French ports of Brest and Sète have been officially included in the corridors of the...
EU banks supports Corridor VIII rail network, North Macedonia
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 20, 2023 – European Union banks will help finance the third phase of the Eastern section of the Corridor VIII...
European Commission: Provisional agreement on TEN-T network
Provisional agreement on more sustainable and resilient trans-European transport network brings Europe closer together – December 19, 2023 The European...
European Council approves fishing opportunities for 2024 in EU and non-EU waters
Press Release – European Council – December 12, 2023 Following three days of negotiations, fisheries ministers agreed on fishing...
EU updates list of ship recycling facilities
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 11, 2023 – The European Commission has adopted the 12th edition of the European List of ship recycling...
ETF criticises EU emissions plan for ports
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 11, 2023 – The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) has joined the criticism of the European...
STS transfer of Russian LNG in European ports
Zeebrugge, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – Belgium’s North Sea Zeebrugge LNG terminal is the main European facility used by Russia to reexport...
ESPO: Ports are EU’s gateways, logistic nodes, industrial clusters, energy bubs, facilitators of military mobility
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – The Transport Committee in the European Parliament adopted its own-initiative report building a...
MEPs call for European Ports Summit
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – Today, European Unions MEPs on Transport and Tourism committee called for a European Port Summit. It...
EU ports rebounding from pandemic disruptions
News – EUROSTAT – EU ports rebounding from pandemic disruptions – December 5, 2023 In 2022, the total gross weight of seaborne freight...
FEPORT, ETA, EMPA and ECASBA question EU emissions scheme
FEPORT, ETA, EMPA and ECASBA members call on the EU Commission to immediately commission a study on the risks of cargo diversion from European ports and...
EU: Inland waterway transport hits a decade low in 2022
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – Between 2012 and 2022, transport on the EU’s inland waterways was erratic. Since 2017,...
FEPORT come out against the new ETS emissions regulations
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 24, 2023 – Members of FEPORT have come out against the new European Union’s ETS emissions regulations...
Pollution from ships: stricter EU measures to stop illegal discharges
European Parliament – Ships in EU seas should face dissuasive fines not only for oil spills, but also for sewage and garbage discharge, Transport and...
European shipowners call for clean affordable fuels for shipping before Parliament vote on trucks CO2 standards
European shipowners call for clean affordable fuels for shipping before Parliament vote on trucks CO2 standards – November 21, 2023 Ahead of the plenary...
Malta joins opposition to EU emission tax
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) November 21, 2023 – Various voices from Malta have joined widespread criticism of the European Union’s plan to...
EU is working on a measure to protect the port of Gioia Tauro
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 15, 2023 – The European Union (EU) is working on a measure to protect the port of Gioia Tauro from the...