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During a day of high-level interaction, the project partners presented the four main tools that resulted from the PORTOPIA project: the Rapid Exchange System+, the environmental dashboards, port governance trends, a user perception measurement tool.

Earlier in November, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement regarding the shipping CO2 emissions to align any EU action with the IMO timeline. Many industry bodies have welcomed this decision so far. Recently,ESPO issued a statement to show its support.

The court said the ship's captain and its insurer, the London P&I Club, to pay one billion dollars which is the maximum limit fixed by the company in its contract for the ship, which broke up and sank in 2002, resulting in one of Europe's worst environmental disasters.

The European Union’s support for Libya’s Coast Guard which has resulted in thousands of migrants being detained in “horrific” conditions inside Libya is “inhuman,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday.

British Ports Association’s roll-on roll-off ferry port operators had a meeting with the junior Department for Exiting the EU, Minister Robin Walker MP, to discuss the implications that may occur when the UK leaves the EU.

ECOPRODIGI project initiates a unique collaboration between research organizations and the industry end-users to create and pilot digital solutions increasing eco-efficiency throughout the vessel lifecycle. The EU-funded project supports Baltic Sea region in becoming a front-runner in maritime industry digitalisation and clean shipping.

The European Parliament and the EU Member States have reached an agreement regarding the EU's Emissions Trading System. According to this agreement, shipping will be excluded and IMO will have the responsibility, Danish Shipping notes.

Following long discussions and negotiations, the EU yesterday concluded with a decision to revise the EU ETS after 2020, giving time to the shipping industry to realize its initial CO2 reduction objectives by 2018, according to IMO's Roadmap. 

European shipowners and the European Transport Workers’ Federation highlighted the need of easing the administrative burden shipping crew and companies are facing today, on the sidelines of the Digital Transport Days in Tallinn.

Hailing the agreement, the green transport group Transport & Environment said Europe cannot indefinitely outsource its climate responsibility to the IMO, as "the UN agency has repeatedly shown itself incapable of delivering the required level of ambition."