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European Union and IMO gear up for debate on CO2 emissions of shipping
In the coming months, the European Parliament is set to have a debate on the Commission’s proposal on establishing an EU system for monitoring, reporting and verifying (MRV) […]
TEN-T/Connecting Europe: MEPs give the green light
Today, during the European Parliament’s Plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs endorsed a deal with Member States on the EU’s new Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), a new funding instrument that aims to speed up […]
E-Maritime to play pivotal role in Commission’s upcoming strategy for logistics in Europe
At a conference on the future of logistics in Europe, which took place in Brussels last week, the European Commission announced that it intends to publish a framework […]
And Then There Were None: Rapporteur Fleckenstein proposes to exclude pilotage and dredging from Ports Regulation
The Draft report of MEP Knut Fleckenstein, the rapporteur on the European Commission proposal for a Regulation on Market access to port services and financial […]
ECSA welcomes vote on Maritime Spatial Planning in Parliament
The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) adopted on 05 November, with 32 votes in favour, 7 against, 0 abstentions, a draft report by rapporteur Gesine Meissner (ALDE, FDP, Germany) on […]
European Commission launches investigation into French tonnage tax scheme
The European Commission has opened a formal in-depth investigation to examine whether changes to the French tax rules for maritime companies are in line with EU state aid guidelines to maritime transport.The […]
EU Member States agree on ratifying Hong Kong Convention for the safe and sound recycling of ships
On 30 October 2013, the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER I) agreed on a compromise text for a Council decision supporting the ratification of the […]
European Parliament adopts proposal for new Ship Recycling Regulation
The European Parliament (EP) adopted today at its plenary sitting in Strasbourg a legislative resolution on a new Ship Recycling Regulation by a large majority of the votes. The adopted text is […]
European Commission earmarks 1.6 billion Euros to support key TEN-T infrastructure projects
On Wednesday 16 October, the European Commission announced that 1.6 billion Euros of EU co-funding will be granted to trans-Euroepan transport network (TEN-T) projects. In total, 172 projects were […]
