Port pro of the month: Olivier Carmes (FR)
Our port pro of the month is Olivier Carmes, Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Sète Sud de France, since 2014. In what follows, you will read more about investments and sustainability in this Port in the South East of France, as well as digitalisation in the port sector. Discover the other interesting topics our port pro of the month addressed below!
31 January2024 | Read more
ESPO welcomes European Parliament’s recognition of and support for the strategic and comprehensive role of Europe’s ports
Today, the European Parliament officially adopted the Berendsen report, an own-initiative report on “building a comprehensive European Port Strategy” (585 in favour, 21 against, 26 abstentions).
17 January 2024 | Read more
Europe’s ports express their concern about the impacts of the escalating conflict in the Red Sea
Following the serious attacks on ships, mainly – but not only – container ships, in the Red Sea by the Houthi movement, shipping lines decided to redirect their ships around the Cape of Good Hope in order to avoid the operators risks of attacks to both vessel and crew. With these attacks the rebels are seriously hampering the traffic through the Suez Canal which is a strategic waterway and the fastest shipping route between Asia and Europe. The rerouting adds another 3,000-3,500 nautical miles (6,000km) to this route and can make the voyage Asia- Europe 8 to 15 days longer, depending on the shipping segment.
17 January 2024 | Read more
Europe’s ports welcome ten-t agreement: TEN-T is putting energy ports on the map
On 18 December, Parliament and Council reached a deal on the review of the TEN-T Regulation, setting the requirements for all transport nodes and modes being part of the TEN-T network. The new Regulation revises the original Regulation of 2013 which for the first time identified ports as nodes in the network.
12 January 2024 | Read more
CALENDAR
ESPO MEETINGS
Innovation Fund Info Day, 1ST February 2024, Brussels
Technical Committees
Combined meeting of its Economic Analysis and Statistics and Energy and Blue Growth Committees, online, 19 February 2024, online
