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.
Croatia starts preliminary work on LNG facility
Krk, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 18, 217 – Croatia has started preliminary underwater works in the northern Adriatic, the first concrete step in...
BPA welcome Government customs aspirations but want reassurances on borders post Brexit
London, United Kingdom, 15 August 2017 Commenting on the publication of the Government’s Brexit negotiating position paper on customs, the British Ports...
Konstantinos Rigas on port regulations and environmental charging
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – Baltic Ports Conference 2017 has interviewed Konstantinos Rigas, Unit “Ports & Inland...
Barcelona, Koper ports cooperate to boost handling of new cars at Motorways of the Sea
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Barcelona and Koper ports are carrying out the CarEsmatic project to boost the transport of new vehicles on...
EC to finance LNG project of Gas Natural-Fenosa
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) will finance the Eco-Gate project, a plan for the development of compressed...
MedCruise to join of European Ports Forum
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 29, 2017 – In June 2017, the European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc announced the creation of a European...
EU project tests new technologies in Madrid to improve traffic and travel information
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2017 – Spanish technology group Indra is working on the European R&D&i project Harmony to develop new...
CPMR supports EU motorways of the sea policy
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) is an association of 150 maritime regions, and as...
EU Commission requires Belgium and France to put an end to tax exemptions for ports
Brussels, Belgium EU Commission requires Belgium and France to put an end to tax exemptions for ports The European Commission has required Belgium and France...
British Ports Association publishes government briefing
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The British Ports Association (BPA) has produced a briefing document summarising the leading...
Spain fined €3 million by European Court of Justice over stevedore sector
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union’s Court of Justice has ordered Spain to pay a punitive fine of €3 million ($3.4...
EU supports new railway line from Venice to Ljubljana
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union is to support the construction of a new railway line from Venice to Ljubljana, Slovenia....
Zadar port to receive cruise investment
Zadar, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The port of Zadar is to the site of a new cruise port on the Croatian Adriatic coastline. Other ports in the...
EU awards €8.4 million to Odyssea consortium
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The European Union (EU) has awarded the international consortium Odyssea a total of €8.4 million ($9.6...
Vigo port complains of EC bureaucracy
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Vigo was the first port in Europe to join the blue growth strategy launched by the European Commission (EC), a...
Trieste to host EU-China meeting on transport
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – The Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Puertos del Estado hopes for lowest possible fine for Spain
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca has said that he hopes that the...
Normandy trawlers face Brexit ban from British waters
Rouen, Normandy, France (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The decision of the British government to close its waters to European fishermen could have serious...
EU ports at risk too, UK Chamber of Shipping tells Brexit negotiators
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – The EU is ignoring the risk of Brexit to European ports, Chief executive of the UK Chamber of...
EC approves launch of Ocean Network Express alliance
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) has given the green light to the launch of the Ocean Network Express alliance...