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The President of the Committee of the Regions, Michel Lebrun, welcomed the adoption of the general approach on port services by the Transport CouncilCoR Applauds EU Port Services General Approach Adoption

The new, modernized HELCOM era starts hands-on work when the HELCOM group on the implementation of the ecosystem approach (Gear) gathers in Tallinn, Estonia for a 3-day meeting. Gear group now operates under a revised mandate to better meet the emerging challenges in accomplishing the HELCOM goals and targets of the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP). The Meeting will also discuss the more detailed work, such as the overall HELCOM roadmap with its deadlines and deliverables until 2021; a draft action plan to close knowledge gaps and improve regional coherence; as well an initiative to more effectively follow up the BSAP national implementation. After HELCOM streamlining process the Gear group will now hold a strong managerial role, with the mandate to integrate and utilize the work of other HELCOM groups for coherent implementation of marine policies, including of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive as far as EU Member States are concerned as well as Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation. Gear will continue to look after the synergies with relevant organizations and frameworks, including other Regional Seas Conventions such as the OSPAR Commission covering the North-Atlantic. To improve regional coherence GEAR will also prepare by end of 2014 an Action ...

ESPO recognises the enormous efforts made by the Italian Presidency to reach a deal on this very difficult proposal

The EU co-funded North Adriatic Ports with 322.000 euros for the realization of a Masterplan to design a comprehensive value chain for the use of LNG

EU States reject LNG infrastructure across european ports

ECSA Position Paper on the use of scrubbers In a position paper published today, European shipowners ask EU Member States to adopt a clear, long-term and above all harmonised position on the issue of the discharges of washwater produced by open-loop scrubbers installed on ships.The EU Sulphur Directive requires that, as of 1 January 2015, all ships sailing in the SECAs (Sulphur Emission Control Areas - the Channel, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea) use bunker fuels with a maximum sulphur content of 0.1% or that the same level of emissions is reached by the use of alternative fuels or compliant abatement technologies.Scrubbers are devices that use water to wash unwanted substances from an exhaust gas stream. They have been identified as one of the few abatement technologies available that allow ships to reduce the sulphur content in their emissions.The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a source of concern for European shipowners as it sets limits for the content of pollutants in ports, estuaries and coastal areas. This in turn means that the discharges of washwater will in some areas be well under the limits set by the WFD, while in other areas with poorer water quality, washwater ...

ECSA Position Paper on the use of scrubbers in EU ports

The European Commission decided to consult the EESC on the Joint Communication For an open and secure global maritime domain

On 22-23 September, EMSA hosted a workshop for member states on the implementation of the revised Sulphur Directive.

In his opening statement, Mr Šefčovič focused on the importance of transport and well-functioning infrastructure for European competitiveness