Europe’s port managing bodies welcome the ITRE Resolution, adopted on 3 June 2025. Europe’s ports welcome the support of MEPs for combining decarbonisation and competitiveness, the call to quickly move from strategy to action, the need to speed up the permitting processes and allow exemptions for temporary construction emissions for decarbonisation projects, the need to foster industrial ecosystems and boosting energy infrastructure.
ESPO very much welcomes the ambitions put forward in the Clean Industrial Deal, published on 26 February 2025. For ports in Europe, it is fundamental that the right conditions, both financially and non-financially, are created to enable them to truly take up their role in its implementation.
Europe’s Ports are key for the implementation of the Clean Industrial Deal. Ports are multimodal hubs in the supply chain, connecting Europe’s regions as well as being gateways for trade. They play an important role in the supply of energy and are partners in the energy transition, the decarbonisation of industry and ensuring energy security. They are often hosting important industrial clusters or are the connecting nodes to these clusters in their direct hinterland.
ESPO has developed a number of recommendations related to the further implementation of the CID. The ESPO position on the Clean Industrial Deal can be found via this link.
ESPO Secretary General Isabelle Ryckbost: “Boosting the clean industry in Europe implies developing the necessary supply chains that are needed to link production and consumption sites, developing port and connectivity infrastructure and adapting those to the needs of these industries. It is also important to consider the role and added value of the many ports in Europe which cluster industries or are the gateway for these industries. Space, complex and lengthy permitting procedures and electricity grid congestion are just a few of the challenges to be addressed. We hope the role and corresponding needs of ports are being looked at when the Clean Industrial Deal ambitions are being further developed.”
