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.
Genoa Chamber of Commerce takes part in Go Smart Med project
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The Genoa Chamber of Commerce continues to participate in the Go Smart Med project, funded under the Interreg...
Post-Brexit port health border disruption still a major concern for British ports
London, United Kingdom, (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 Commenting the publication of the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee report on...
Constanta port to benefit from EU Cohesion funding
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 – €1.3 billion ($1.61 billion) from the EU Cohesion Fund is to be invested in the modernisation of...
European Parliament: Hearing on the impact of Brexit on maritime transport
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 14, 2018 Third in a series of the hearings about “impact of Brexit on transport’, this hearing will focus...
European Parliament transport committee visits Naples
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2018 – A delegation of nine members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism led...
BlueInvest 2018: An ocean of opportunity with the right backing
European Commission Press Release February 8, 2018 When you look out over the ocean what do you see? If the answer is new sources of food security, new medical...
British Ports Association announces a new Port Futures project
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – The British Ports Association (BPA) has presented its new Port Futures project to examine...
Armenia joins TRACECA programme
Yerevan, Armenia (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – The Armenian parliament has approved the agreement on the development of multimodal transport as part...
“Security and Safety at the EU Ports” conference ends in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – The Security and Protection in European Ports was the theme of the conference organized by the Port...
European parliamentary delegation visits the port of Naples, Catania and Augusta
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – On February 13-15, 2018, a delegation of deputies of the European Parliament’s Committee on...
Valencia port presents its infrastructure projects to MEPs
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has held a working meeting in the European...
Civitavecchia closer to Ten-T transport links
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Italian Minister Graziano Delrio has taken part took in the Brenner transport meeting
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Italian Minister Graziano Delrio has taken part took in the Brenner Meeting, about European traffic summit...
Croatia pushes to build LNG facility in Krk
Krk, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 2, 2018 – “Croatia strongly supports the European Union energy project and is in the interest of becoming an...
Koper port hosts Elemed project meeting
Koper, Slovenia, January 30, 2018 On January 29, 2018, the Port of Koper hosted a conference on the establishment of alternative fuels infrastructure and on...
European Commission to allocate €1 million ($1.24 million) for technical assistance at Baku International Sea Trade Port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – The European Commission is to allocate €1 million ($1.24 million) for technical assistance for the...
TOURISMED project meeting takes place in Cyprus
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – The second TOURISMED project meeting is currently being held in Cyprus. The objective of TOURISMED is...