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Four ports renew EcoPorts’ environmental standard

Port of Valencia (Spain), Ports of Bremen (Germany), Port of Moerdijk (Netherlands) and Port of Tangier (Morocco) renewed EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). Isabelle Ryckbost, ESPO’s Secretary General, and Sotiris Raptis, EcoPorts coordinator, handed over the PERS certificates to the ports’ representatives during the GreenPort Congress in Valencia.

I would like to congratulate the four ports for renewing EcoPorts’ environmental standard. As we have seen in the ESPO...

https://safety4sea.com/four-ports-renew-ecoports-environmental-standard/

ESPO: Air quality the top priority for European ports

ESPO presented its annual Environmental Report for 2018 at the GreenPort Congress in Valencia. The ESPO Environmental Report includes environmental performance benchmark indicators as well as the Top 10 Environmental Priorities of the European ports for 2018.

Air quality is the top priority of the European ports since 2013, while the increased interest in the relationship with local community in position 4.

In addition, climate change is becoming of high importance for European ports, as it made...

https://safety4sea.com/espo-air-quality-the-top-priority-for-european-ports/

ESPO Environmental Report for 2018

ESPO presented yesterday (Oct. 17) its annual Environmental Report for 2018 at the GreenPort Congress in Valencia. The ESPO Environmental Report includes environmental performance benchmark indicators as well as the Top 10 Environmental Priorities of the European ports for 2018.

Air quality has remained the top priority of the European ports since 2013. The increased interest in the relationship with local community in position 4 of the list is relevant as air quality has been increasingly a...

http://container-news.com/espo-environmental-report-2018/

El 78% de los puertos europeos cuentan con planes contra el cambio climático

La asociación ESPO, representante de los puertos europeos, ha reivindicado este miércoles el compromiso medioambiental adquirido por los gestores de los enclaves durante los últimos años. En la segunda jornada del GreenPort Cruise & Congress, que se celebra en València, la secretaria general de la...

http://elvigia.com/el-78-de-los-puertos-europeos-cuentan-con-planes-contra-el-cambio-climatico/

EU Parliament boosts ‘polluter pays’ principle for ship waste management

On 9 October, the Transport Committee of the European Parliament adopted the Meissner report on the Port Reception Facilities and gave a mandate to the Rapporteur to start negotiations with the Council to finalise the text of the new law.

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomed particularly the proposal to strengthen the ‘polluter pays’ principle by discouraging the delivery of unreasonable quantities of garbage, including dangerous waste, for a fixed fee, noting that this proposal...

https://safety4sea.com/eu-parliament-boosts-polluter-pays-principle-for-ship-waste-management/

Parliament supports removal of tax barriers for shore power

Voting the Ertug report on the deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels in the EU, the Transport committee of the European Parliament pointed out that taxation has a major impact on the price competitiveness of alternative fuels and underlined that disparities in energy taxation for shore-side supply for ships should be addressed.

European ports welcome the vote in the Parliament and believe that energy taxation on electricity has been a significant barrier for the uptake of...

https://safety4sea.com/parliament-supports-removal-of-tax-barriers-for-shore-power/

ESPO: More data harmonisation needed for less administrative burden

Despite welcoming the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment (COM2018 278 final), ESPO noted that it wants more ambition on the harmonisation of data definitions and data sets, while maintaining the existing reporting systems. This would further reduce the administrative burden and would facilitate trade.

As such, ESPO issued a position paper in response to the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a European...

https://safety4sea.com/espo-more-data-harmonisation-needed-for-less-administrative-burden/

ESPO wants more ambition on the data harmonisation

European Maritime Single Window: ESPO wants more ambition on the harmonisation of data, while maintaining flexibility in reporting systems

ESPO welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment (COM2018 278 final). For European ports though, reducing the administrative burden in maritime transport and facilitating trade is a top priority. ESPO wants more ambition on the harmonisation of data definitions and data sets, while maintaining...

http://container-news.com/espo-ambition-data-harmonisation/

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