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ECSA welcomes the outcome of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs which recognises the need to safeguard the competitiveness of the European shipping industry by introducing an effective framework for fostering ship financing in Europe.

The European Commission published study, in which it gathered and analysed available evidence on cruise tourism to support cruise stakeholders in moving forward on sustainability.

The European Commission is considering setting a $100 per barrel price cap on premium Russian oil products like diesel and a $45 per barrel cap on discounted products like fuel oil.

ETF urged for the eradication of social dumping practices in Inland Waterways Transport (IWT), saying that IWT functions without having flag state legislation.

As EU policymakers are expected to make a final decision in trilogues in early 2023, Transport & Environment (T&E) published a FAQ on the introduction of a Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBOs) sub-quota in the FEUM Regulation.

Signatories representing the entire value chain of green fuels call on politicians to aim for a proactive and ambitious regulation in the present FuelEU Maritime trialogue.

Ports of Stockholm can jointly apply, together with eight other Baltic Sea ports, for EU grant funding for pilot studies to develop the onshore power infrastructure, enabling more sustainable shipping with low air pollutant emissions.

Cyprus has suggested automatic renewals of tonnage tax systems in order to halt defections and bolster the shipping industry hit by European sanctions on Russia.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen and project partners have secured a Horizon Europe funding totalling EUR 9m to support building a RoRo sailing vessel.

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €1.1 billion Danish scheme to support the roll-out of carbon capture and storage (‘CCS') technologies.