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The Bahamas Maritime Authority has issued a bulletin outlining the requirements for refrigerated cargo ships carrying frozen fishery products to countries in the European Union (EU) in order to comply with EU regulation.

EU Commission recently published its first edition of the EU list of approved ship recycling facilities which only features yards situated in Europe and reaches under 30% of the EU’s own recycling capacity target. For ECSA, the initial EU ship recycling list shows clear need for global mind-set.

In June 2016, Malta notified plans to support the Delimara Gas and Power Energy Project to the Commission for assessment under EU state aid rules. Recently, the EU Commission approved the Maltese plans to pay Electrogas Malta, operator of the Delimara plant, for providing energy to Maltese electricity company Enemalta

The European Commission has adopted the first version of the "European List of ship recycling facilities", taking an important first step to help ensure that ships are recycled in facilities that are safe for workers and environmentally sound.

EU revised the report on EU ETS putting pressure on IMO to have a system comparable to ETS operating for global shipping as from 2021 or else shipping will be then included in the EU ETS as from 2023. First reactions have slammed the decision; many industry stakeholders have expressed their concerns that the split threatens shipping.

The European Parliament has voted in favor of including shipping industry in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2023 if IMO does not deliver a global deal by 2021. The decision, which imposes a regional ETS on shipping, has raised concerns among the global shipping community. ICS says that it will polarise and impede current discussions on additional CO2 reduction measures at the UN IMO.

The European Parliament has finalized a three years legislative process concerning the Port Services Regulation, also known now as Ports Regulation, by adopting a report on the Regulation which establishes a framework for the organisation of port services and financial transparency of ports presented by the rapporteur MEP Knut Fleckenstein.

The European shipowners (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) are requesting the European Commission to amend the Social Partners’ Agreement Directive on seafarers’ right to decent conditions of work.

The EU Commission has concluded that Belgian plans to finance electricity generation from offshore renewable energy are in line with EU state aid rules. The measure will further EU energy and climate goals whilst maintaining competition in the Single Market.

Almost half of the carbon savings made by Europe's land-based transport by 2030 will be effectively cancelled out by continued emissions growth in the shipping and aviation sectors, according to new research commissioned by Transport & Environment (T&E)