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The European Commission has required Belgium and France to abolish the corporate tax exemptions granted to their ports, so as to align their tax regime with EU state aid rules, to avoid distortions of competition.

DP World-owned P&O Ports announced that it secured a three-year management contract to operate the container terminal in the Port de Sète in the south of France. Port de Sète is strategically located as an entry point to the Region Auvergne-Rhône with direct inland waterway communications.

Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions and Brittany Ferries signed a multi-year contract to supply LNG bunker to the Honfleur in the port of Ouistreham, France. On June 20, BAI confirmed its order for the new ship, the first LNG-powered French cruise ferry, which will operate between Ouistreham and Portsmouth, England from 2019.

Indian company, H-Energy, announced that signed an agreement with French electricity company, Engie, for chartering its FSRU GDF SUEZ Cape Ann. The Floating Storage Re-gasification Unit has been chartered by H-Energy for a period of 5 years and will arrive at the LNG jetty, at Jaigarh port, by Q3 2018.

Hilda Heine, President of the Marshall Islands, has renewed her country’s calls for the International Maritime Organisation to set a greenhouse gas target for the shipping industry. The call has come following recent news that France is backing proposals for a Mediterranean-wide emissions control zone for shipping.

BirdLife Malta announced that an alliance of European environmental organisations has adopted a declaration to designate the Mediterranean Sea an Emission Control Area, to limit air pollution from ships. The initiative comes after France undertook a bold attempt to push for a Mediterranean ECA, at a European Council working party meeting, in early March.

The EU project EfficienSea2 is testing the first ever system using a newly proposed standard for digitalising Navigational Warnings. When properly assessed, the new standard could be a global reality within a year and make mapping of warnings easier. The EU-project, led by the DMA, will make it easier for seafarers to get access to information and navigate safely.

On 22 December 2016, two supply ships owned by Maersk sank off Ushant, France and oil slicks, which could be the result of unpumpable residues, were observed in the area by French authorities. In order to monitor if the hulls were causing further pollution, the French authorities requested additional CleanSeaNet images over a period of two months, within a radius of 15 km around the wrecks’ positions.

In line with the COP22 objectives, the European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle and the Société Générale CIB's Global Head of Asset Finance Frédéric Surdon signed a framework guarantee agreement for EUR 150m to support shipbuilding projects promoting sustainable transport and environmental protection.

  The EU's TEN-T Programme will co-finance with nearly €500,000 a regional project supporting the use of alternative fuels, in particular liquefied natural gas (LNG), in the Seine river and the French Channel area. The project is expected to reduce environmental impact and cut down on fuel consumption in water transport. The project aims to introduce greener fuels in French regional water transport and pave the way to their wide deployment in line with the new EU requirements on the reduction of maritime transport emissions. This study will focus on the regulation, safety and installation aspects of the necessary infrastructure to support the deployment of alternative fuels. It will also transfer knowledge to about 75 stakeholders in eight ports through a specific training programme preparing the participants on the use of low emission fuels. The project was selected for EU funding with the assistance of external experts under the TEN-T Annual Call 2013, priority 'Decarbonisation / substitution or environmental cost reduction'. Its implementation will be monitored by INEA, the European Commission's Innovation and Networks Executive Agency. The project is to be completed by December 2015. Source: EuropaIn the onset, I was explicit with you propecia before and after has changed ...