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.
EU rules that Greece should recover state aid from Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – Greece’s appeal against the European Commission, the EU Court, for Piraeus Port Authority...
Durrës port to benefit from EBRD Balkan transport loans
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – €123 million ($145 million) in European Union grants and €190.5 million (€224.6 million) in...
Conference issues call for Marseille-Genoa to join Ten-T transport corridor
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – Philippe Tabarot, transport officer at the Paca regional council, Joan Amoros, president of the...
CPMR takes part in BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on December 13-14, in Piraeus
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, December 13, 2017 The CPMR took part in the BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on 13-14 December in Piraeus, Greece....
Blue Growth Community debates blue energy innovation in the Mediterranean
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 14 December 2017 The Blue Growth Community, driven by the InnoBlueGrowth project (Interreg MED), held its second...
Venice and Chioggia ports benefit from Italy Croatia CBC Program
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – The Italy Croatia CBC Program has allocated €3 million ($3.53 million) across 22 projects to improve...
Escola Europea – a focus on intermodal transport
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Since its foundation 10 years, Escola Europea is now focussed more on consultancy and project...
Ukraine joins the Danube Transnational Programme development and a joint EU initiative for the East of Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 10, 2017 – Ukraine and the European Union have signed bilateral documents in the framework of the working visit...
South European ports to benefit from EU Bolzano investment
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Italian scheme to support the shift...
Ravenna port to receive EU funding
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – The Port of Ravenna (Porto di Ravenna) has been awarded European Union funding of over €37 million...
EU invests €1 billion in transport network development including ports and Koper railway
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – The European Commission is today proposing to invest €1 billion in 39 transport projects which will...
Better rail connections in Sicily thanks to Cohesion policy investments
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) November 29, 2017 – Over €105 million ($124.51 million) from the European Regional Development Fund is invested in the...
European Commission publishes “Delivering Ten-T, Facts & Figures September 2017”
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The document “Delivering TEN-T – Facts and Figures September 2017” summarises key data...
Ukraine is part of the Trans-European Transport Network – Vladimir Omelyan
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 27,2017 – Among the practical results of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels was the signing by Ukrainian...
Valenciaport Foundation co-ordinates European Sauron project meeting in Paris
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – The second meeting of the Steering Committee of the SAURON project was taken place in Paris (Scalable...
British Ports Association comments on UK budget statement
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Commenting on today’s Budget Statement the British Ports Association’s Chief Executive,...
Sicily gets €490,000 EU funding for overhaul of port near Trapani
Trapani, Italy (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – Sicily regional government has agreed on a €486,525 ($573,275) funding from the European Union (EU) for...