Brussels, 24 February 2026 A total of 45 European transport organisations are joining forces and collectively urge national governments to strengthen European funding for transport under the future EU budget…
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
Europe’s ports ask the European Parliament and Council to fully support the CEF proposal to realise Europe’s competitiveness and resilience agenda
ESPO welcomes the European Commission’s decision to continue the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme, thereby ensuring that the financing of further development and upgrades to Europe’s transport and energy network…
Kick-off of the MarLEN Project – Strengthening European Maritime and Inland Waterway Research for a Zero-Emission Future
31 March 2025 – The maritime and inland waterway sector is at a turning point in the transition towards zero-emission waterborne transport. To accelerate this transformation, the MarLEN (Maritime Low…
European Inland Ports Call for a unified and robust EU Transport Budget to secure long-term competitiveness and realisation of the Green Deal
11 December 2024 The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) urges the necessity of a European lead EU transport budget as a foundational requirement to for strengthening Europe’s connectivity, economic…
EU TRANSPORT SECTOR: Europe more than ever in need of more EU budget for transport
Brussels, April 2nd, 2024 44 European transport organisations, among which FEPORT, representing the key spectrum of Europe’s transport network, are again joining forces in a campaign to urge the Council…
EFIP welcomes and supports the European Parliament position on the Connecting Europe Facility for 2021-2027
14 December 2018 – On 12 December the European Parliament adopted its final position on the TRAN/ITRE report from Rapporteurs Marinescu, Telička and Virrkkunen on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)…
The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) is positive towards the proposal for the EU budget 2021 – 2027 published earlier this week. Specifically the large increase of the EU budget for Research,…
EFIP’s position on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in light of MFF discussions
19 March 2018 – On 16 March 2018, the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) agreed during its General Assembly hosted by the Port of Seville (Spain) on its position towards…
“Efficient transport of people and goods are crucial to maintain the competitiveness of the EU economy. The economic growth and jobs of all European industries depend heavily on the well-functioning…



