ESPO expresses its solidarity with the Ukrainian port community
02 March 2022
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) wishes to express its solidarity with the Ukrainian Sea Port Authority (USPA), which unites all Ukrainian ports under one administration. The Ukrainian Sea Port Authority joined ESPO as observer member in 2018. ESPO is deeply concerned about the well-being of USPA’s employees and the whole Ukrainian port community. The thoughts of Europe’s ports are with them and their...
The European Sea Ports Organisation urges EU policymakers to align discussions on AFIR and FuelEU Maritime
25 October 2021 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) urges the Council and the European Parliament to fully align the maritime pillar of the proposal for an Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) with the FuelEU Maritime proposal.
While the discussions on the AFIR proposal are progressing fast in the Intermodal Working Party of the...
ESPO welcomes EP-TRAN report which stresses the role of and connection with seaports to boost IWT
30 June 2021 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the vote of the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) to strengthen inland waterway transport. The adopted own-initiative report “Towards Future-proof Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) in Europe” complements very well the recently published Commission’s Communication “NAIADES III:...
ESPO welcomes European Parliament TRAN Committee report on more efficient and cleaner maritime transport (Delli INI Report)
25 February 2021
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) supports the main outcomes of the vote on the own-initiative report on technical and operational measures for more efficient and cleaner maritime transport (Delli Report) in the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee.
“We welcome the ambition to green the shipping sector which is at...