Tag: ESPO

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the European Parliament Committee for Transport and Tourism (TRAN) recognition of the risks of carbon and business leakage that will occur if ships are able to avoid the regional EU ETS in different ways. 

The European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO) welcomes the cross-party support in the TRAN Committee for a legislative framework that supports Onshore Power Supply (OPS) deployment and use in ports in a way that makes sense in terms of emissions reductions and cost effectiveness.

The European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO) supports the European Union's 5th sanction package against Russia, as adopted by the Member States on 8 April, following the illegal invasion of Ukraine. 

The European Commission published its proposal setting out the new guidelines for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), which ESPO welcomes.

For the second year in a row, the overall number of women participating in the ESPO Committees meetings has increased, as in 2021, taking all technical committees together, women represented 38,87% of the port professionals who attended ESPO meetings.

ECSA welcomed the proposal of the European Parliament’s Rapporteur on the EU ETS, MEP Peter Liese, to introduce a requirement for a binding clause in contractual agreements between shipowners and commercial operators and to ensure that the latter pay for the costs of the EU ETS.

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the proposal to include shipping in an Emission Trading System (ETS). 

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the Commission proposal setting out the new guidelines for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).

Europe’s ports welcome the fact that the review of the current AFIR proposal is accompanied by provisions in the new FuelEU Maritime Proposal, which requires vessels to use shore-side electricity infrastructure at berth.

ESPO urges the Council and the European Parliament to fully align the maritime pillar of the proposal for an Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) with the FuelEU Maritime proposal.