In Brussels, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella will host the first ‘Blue Partnership Forum for the Oceans’. The Forum, established under the Ocean Partnership between the EU and China in July 2018, will bring together EU and Chinese stakeholders. They will help shape future actions in the areas covered by the Ocean Partnership, such as ocean… Read more »
Posts By: Valeria Burlando
More than 40 organisations jointly call for a strong Connecting Europe Facility II
Ahead of the European Parliament’s hearings of the commissioners-designate, a coalition of more than 40 European associations and organisations renewed their call for a strong transport budget. While the previous European Parliament and the Council had agreed on a common understanding on the proposal for the Connecting Europe Facility 2021-2027 (CEF II), the budget will be… Read more »
Roads to Port Sustainability
“Of all the challenges ports face – from digitalisation to coping with the new breed of 20,000+ teu ships – environmental regulations and sustainability are perhaps the most significant.” Read below the contribution of ESPO’s Secretary General, Isabelle Ryckbost, in the September 2019 edition of Dredging and Port Construction. Related documents September 2019. Dredging And… Read more »
SMOOTH PORTS : Reducing CO 2 Emissions in Ports
Ports are vital gateways for prosperity and an engine for growth, but they can also have significant negative environmental impact. Partners from Bulgaria, France, Italy and Germany came together in Hamburg on the 26 th and 27 th of September 2019, to kick-off the Interreg Europe project ‘SMOOTH PORTS – reducing CO 2 emissions in ports’ which sets… Read more »
EU funded project LASH FIRE aims to improve Ro-Ro ship fire safety
Project partners from 13 EU Member States investigate cost-efficient measures to mitigate the risk from Ro-Ro space fires. The European Commission invests M€ 12 to solve this international maritime fire safety challenge. Comprehensive consortium to update fire legislation The project LASH FIRE (Legislative Assessment for Safety Hazards of Fire and Innovations in Ro-ro ship Environment) aims to develop maritime… Read more »
Mediterranean ports expected to rotate on migrant disembarkation, minister reveals
A number of Mediterranean ports will be designated disembarkation spots but if a port’s reception facilities are crowded, migrants would be taken to the next port on a rotation list. The new migrant deal agreed on between five interior ministers from Europe will be presented to the rest of Europe on 8 October Various ports… Read more »
Maritime authorities from Black & Caspian Sea regions discussed future priorities and cooperation , at EMSA in Lisbon
On 18 September, representatives of maritime authorities from Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine joined their counterparts from other countries of the Black and Caspian Sea basins and the EU for a meeting at the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Lisbon, Portugal. They discussed EU-funded programmes in the areas of transport, environment,… Read more »
Intermediate Report on Dissemination and Communication Activities (I)
Purpose of the Intermediate Report on Communication and Dissemination Activities (I) The primary purpose of D4.3 – Intermediate Report on Communication and Dissemination Activites (I) is to report on the Communication and Dissemination activities implemented in the first 9 months of the project (January to September 2018) to promote DocksTheFuture and its outcomes… Read more »
Data Management Plan
The deliverable outlines how the data collected or generated will be handled during and after the DocksTheFuture project, describes which standards and methodology for data collection and generation will be followed, and whether and how data will be shared. The purpose of the Data Management Plan (DMP) is to provide an analysis of the… Read more »
Data Management Plan- Update I
EU LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR PRIVACY, DATA PROTECTION AND SECURITY Privacy is enabled by protection of personal data. Under the European Union law, personal data is defined as “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person”. The collection, use and disclosure of personal data at a European level are regulated by the following… Read more »