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.
Spanish Minister rejects trade union proposals for stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – In the midst of a trade union mobilisation against the Spanish government’s proposal for the...
€1 billion to boost investment in European transport infrastructure
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 8, 2017 – The European Commission is launching a new and innovative way to finance transport infrastructure...
Cartagena port requests €1.3 million funding for logistics area
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) and Murcia regional government have...
EU ports: MEPs back rules on clear user fees and public funding
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 14, 2016 – The fees and funding that EU ports get from shipping lines and governments should become clearer...
EU approves dismantling of ships at Bordeaux port
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Bordeaux port has received an approval by the European Union for the dismantling of ships. The site...
EU supports Finnlines service Between Bilbao And Antwerp
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), which manages infrastructures and research projects...
INEA representatives inspect investments at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Representatives of the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) of the European Union (EU) visited...
New report confirms positive economic trends in EU fishing fleet
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The economic performance of the EU fleet improved significantly again in 2014, according to the...
Event – European Maritime Day – Poole, UK, May 18-19, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 -The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual meeting point for Europe’s community of maritime...
Vigo port starts 80% of projects under Blue Growth strategy in less than one year
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has started about 80% of the 43 projects planned in the...
Brexit – Dover port comments on Prime Minister’s statement
Dover, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Tim Waggott, Chief Executive of the Port of Dover, has said that the port welcomes Therese...
Brexit – British International Freight Association (BIFA) comments on May’s speech
London, United Kingdom, January 21, 2017 – The British International Freight Association (BIFA) says that whilst Prime Minister Theresa May’s much...
Brexit – CBI’s report of the UK-EU negotiations – transport, distribution and logistics sector
London, United Kingdom, December 23, 2016 – As an enabling industry, the transport, distribution and logistics sector supports and relies on the whole...
Brexit – British Ports Association responds to Prime Minister’s speech
London, United Kingdom, January 21, 2017 – Responding to the Prime Minister’s Brexit speech this week, the British Ports Association (BPA) Chief...
Civitavecchia port president meets EC representatives
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – The President of the Port System of the Centre-North Tyrrhenian Sea, Francesco Maria di Majo, was...
Spanish government close to completing stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – The Spanish central government is working on a consensus text to implement the reform of the...
Bordeaux is most important French port for ship dismantling, EU says
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) January 5, 2017 – Bordeaux port is the most important in France for the ship dismantling industry, a study by the European...