Leading marine NGO Seas At Risk warmly welcomes European Commission President-designate Ursula von der Leyen’s commitment to an Ocean Pact, announced today [18 July] during the presentation of her Political Guidelines (1)…
It’s time to rethink public spending By Nikhil Sanghani A key political battleground for the Conservative and Labour parties ahead of the UK general election is how they will balance…
Europe’s unnecessary rate cut By Nout Wellink From a macroeconomic point of view, the European Central Bank’s 0.25 percentage point interest rate cut on 6 June was not necessary –…
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…
BRINGING CLEAN SHIPPING FUELS TO THE MARKET 9 April 2024 | 11:00 – 12:30 CET | European Parliament The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and Transport & Environment (T&E) seek to gather…
The European Parliament is currently discussing the Commission’s proposal for a new EU Regulation on the Union Customs Code. While supporting the aims of the customs reform to significantly improve…
12 April 2023 Tomorrow the European Parliament’s Transport Committee will vote on the compromise agreements reached on the revision of the TEN-T Regulation. The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has…
29 March 2023 – On 28th of March European Parliament’s negotiators and the Council reached a deal on the requirements for Alternative Fuel Infrastructure (AFIR) The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) has…
Brussels, 30 November 2022 – Late last night, the European Parliament, Council and Commission reached a preliminary agreement on maritime elements of the EU ETS. Including the maritime sector in…
Brussels, 19 October 2022:- Responding to the 19 October EU Parliament Vote on the FuelEU Maritime Regulation, Clean Arctic Alliance Lead Advisor Dr Sian Prior said: “While the Clean Arctic Alliance acknowledges some progress…
The European Parliament adopted today its position on the FuelEU Maritime Regulation ahead of the negotiations with the Council. European shipowners welcome the progress made on the proposal, but stress…
Piraeus, 18.5.2022 – The Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) welcomes the adopted position of the Committee of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) of the European Parliament, on…
European shipowners welcome the strong cross-party support by the European Parliament for key provisions under the revised Emission Trading System for shipping. ECSA welcomes the Parliament’s commitment to enforce the…
19 April 2022 Today the European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) will discuss the draft Report from MEP Ertug on the proposal for an Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation…
European Parliament proposed amendments to EU ETS put Green Deal goals at risk Brussels, 24 January 2022 – The European Parliament’s lead MEP on the EU ETS proposes amendments to…
The European Sea Ports Organisation urges EU policymakers to align discussions on AFIR and FuelEU Maritime 25 October 2021 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) urges the Council and…
Joint Statement on Recovery and Resilience Facility: Transport keeps us going forward On 9 February, the European Parliament endorsed the agreement on the Proposal for a Regulation establishing a Recovery…
ECSA raises the alarm about the Gulf of Guinea At the ECR Conference on Maritime Security and the Blue Economy yesterday in the European Parliament, ECSA raises the alarm about…
Top new speakers join the ESW 2020 Flagship Conference line-up European Shipping Week brings together the major players in the European shipping industry with the key legislators and policymakers of…
European Shipping Week to be held from March 23 – 27, 2020 Europe’s shipowners will once again join forces with the European Parliament, Council and European Commission to place…
EMFF: Ticking time-bomb for the ocean The European Parliament plenary voted today on how to spend approximately EUR 6 billion of European taxpayers’ money on ocean-linked activities under the European…
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)…
09 October 2018 – The Transport Committee of the European Parliament adopted today the Meissner report on the Port Reception Facilities and gave a mandate to the Rapporteur to start negotiations…
Brussels, July 12th, 2018 – FEPORT welcomes the adoption of the European Parliament report on Combined Transport FEPORT welcomes the adoption on July 10th, 2018 of the report of the…
This morning, the Transport Committee (TRAN) of the European Parliament voted its opinion on the Multi-Annual financial Framework after 2020 (Marinescu report). The Transport MEPs voted in favour of an…