Tag: EU

European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) welcomes EU’s proposed Net-Zero Industry Act and highlights that it needs to properly recognize the strategic role of shipping for Europe’s security.

The Norwegian Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Svalbard Treaty does not grant the right to catch snow crab on the continental shelf off the coast of Svalbard.

On March 16th, the European Commission proposed the Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the Union is well-equipped for the clean-energy transition. This initiative was announced by President von der Leyen as a part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan.

This week, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) released a statement to welcome the updated EU Maritime Security Strategy and its Action Plan.

On June 3, 2022, the EU adopted a sixth package of sanctions that banned imports of seaborne crude oil from Russia into the EU (effective December 5, 2022) and banned seaborne imports of petroleum products from Russia, including diesel fuel (effective February 5, 2023).

On 25 February 2023 the EU adopted the 10 package of Russian sanctions. 24 February marks one year since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and 9 years since the beginning of Russia's illegal invasion and occupation of Ukrainian territory.

The European Union Council and Parliament have reached a provisional deal to include shipping in the EU emissions trading system (EU-ETS).

The inclusion of the maritime sector into the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is done and dusted to be introduced from 2024. Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) is developing solutions to support its customers to navigate the complexity of the upcoming requirements.

The EU adopted a new package of sanctions against Russia and its supporters, last Friday, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The tenth package of sanctions was adopted as the world marked one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, targeting 121 entities and individuals.

Horizon Europe will fund the Ship-aH2oy project to develop and demonstrate a zero-emission propulsion technology on board ships using green hydrogen from liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC) on a megawatt scale.