European Parliament

EU-rapporteur Maritime Single Window visits the Port of Rotterdam

On Monday, November 26 2018, Deirdre Clune, member of the European European People’s Party in the European Parliament, visited the Port of Rotterdam. Ms Clune is the rapporteur on behalf of the European Parliament on the European Maritime Single Window Environment (EMSWe) Regulation and, because of the possible impact of this file on ports, an important stakeholder for the Port of Rotterdam.

After a general introduction about the port from a historical perspective, the most important port...

http://container-news.com/eu-repporteur-maritime-single-window-visits-port-rotterdam/

Port Reception Facilities vote: Parliament strengthens ‘polluter pays’ principle for ship waste management

Isabelle Ryckbost

09 October 2018 – The Transport Committee of the European Parliament adopted today 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) welcomes in particular the proposal to strengthen the ‘polluter pays’ principle by discouraging the delivery of unreasonable quantities of garbage, including dangerous waste, for a fixed fee....

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/09/port-reception-facilities-vote-parliament-strengthens-polluter-pays-principle-for-ship-waste-management/

How climate change can affect Europe

The impact of climate change is already impacting the ecosystems, economic sectors and people’s health and well-being in Europe. In order to present how climate change can affect Europe, the European Parliament created an infographic depicting the impacts of climate change in each region of the continent.

According to the infographic all regions are affected, but not in the same way. The effects have been mostly negative, such as in the Mediterranean where more heat extremes and less rain are...

https://safety4sea.com/how-climate-change-can-affect-europe/

Removal of tax barriers for shore-side electricity for ships

European ports welcome Parliament’s explicit support to remove the tax barriers for shore-side electricity for ships

The Transport committee of the European Parliament supported yesterday the removal of tax barriers for the uptake of shore-side electricity supply (OPS) in ports for ships at berth. The Ertug report on the deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels in the EU which was voted by the Transport committee, pointed out that taxation has a major impact on the price...

http://container-news.com/removal-tax-barriers-electricity-ships/

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