Tag: EU

President Joe Biden announced that the US will ban Russian-affiliated ships from American ports, joining Canada and Europe in the latest step to pressure Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

As European owners try to find EU compliant ship recycling facilities, International Shipbreaking Ltd (ISL) in the US has completed processing its vessel from the region.

During the "Our Ocean Conference" (OOC) in Palau, the EU renewed its pledges towards international Ocean governance, by presenting a list of 44 commitments for the 2020-2022 period for an amount of almost €1 billion.

The European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO) supports the European Union's 5th sanction package against Russia, as adopted by the Member States on 8 April, following the illegal invasion of Ukraine. 

The NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) along with the Royal Association of Netherlands’ Shipowners (KVNR) and the Swedish Shipowners’ Association expressed their support for the EU shipping legislative package to decarbonize the shipping sector and to include shipping in the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), but they also suggested some enhancements. 

The European Commission published its proposal setting out the new guidelines for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), which ESPO welcomes.

Shipowners associations condemn in the strongest terms Russia for the on-going war and invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine. The decision by the Russian Government to invade Ukraine and the consequences of this decision need to stop immediately.

Thirty parties have signed an agreement outlining their commitment to work together for the accelerated deployment of offshore wind in Europe.

EMSA is cooperating closely with the EU institutions’ Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-EU) following the escalation in cyber-attacks that has been observed since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.

The Shipowner's Club informs that Russia has announced retaliatory sanctions measures in response to the widespread sanctions issued by various governments, which Russia has so-called “unfriendly countries,” including the UK, EU member states and the USA.