Tag: ESPO

Both the public role and commercial expectations are on the rise for European port managing bodies. This is one of the key messages of the European Sea Ports Organisation’s “Trends in Ports’ Governance 2022” report.

A meeting between the ESPO and global trade association Interferry has agreed a common work programme to promote an environmentally sustainable future for the European ferry business through the provision and use of onshore power supply.

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).