Transport & Environment (T&E)

Rotterdam ranks first among port carbon polluters in Europe

Europe’s clean transport campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) has published its ranking for European ports in terms of carbon emissions with the port of Rotterdam being on the top of the most polluting ports in the continent.

The port of Rotterdam is associated with almost 14 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions each year, putting it at the same level of pollution as the Weisweiler coal power plant in Germany, which is Europe’s fifth-biggest industrial polluter.

Antwerp and...

https://container-news.com/rotterdam-ranks-first-among-port-carbon-polluters-in-europe/

EU lawmakers to incentivise cleaner trucks with lower road tolls

European hauliers will have the chance to cut their costs, if they choose to drive trucks that reduce carbon and air pollution, according to a new tolling system agreed by European Union (EU) lawmakers on 15 June.

Under the new tolling system, from 2023 emissions-free trucks will get at least half off road tolls, while fossil-fuel trucks will be charged based on their CO2 emission and air pollution, with more efficient heavy-goods vehicles paying less.

The annual tolling costs can reach up to...

https://container-news.com/eu-lawmakers-to-incentivise-cleaner-trucks-with-lower-road-tolls/

EU Maritime Carbon Pricing, Call for Fair Proposal

  • An alliance of Greek and Swedish shipowners, along with Transport & Environment (T&E) write to European Commission about ‘polluter pays principle’.
  • They have called on the European Commission to put the ‘polluter pays principle’ at the core of its emissions trading system (ETS) proposal.
  • In a letter to the Commission, the coalition demands that the maritime ETS be both ambitious and tailor-made to the industry.

Sam Hargreaves writes for Transport Environment about Europe’s shipowners call for...

https://mfame.guru/eu-maritime-carbon-pricing-call-for-fair-proposal/

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