Integration of logistic chains between ports, new services to support people and goods mobility and improvement of environmental performances. BCLink European Project is developed by Ports of Barcelona and Civitavecchia for the establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean Corridor. Register here AGENDA – Infrastructure upgrading in the Port of Civitavecchia: realized works and future developments Francesco Maria di Majo, President of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port… Read more »
The 3rd International Consultative Committee (ICC) meeting Date: 29th July 2020, Time: 11 a.m. -12 p.m. Place: Online meeting Agenda: EU Green Deal and the challenges and drivers for the European ports Introduction By Mr.Picco and Mr.Karimpour from Circle ESPO presentation By Ms.Isabelle Ryckbost – the Secretary General: ESPO Green Deal position paper… Read more »
SAVE THE DATE La Spezia Navy Base | 25th June 2020 The conference&expo “Driving The Change in Shipping & Logistics: Towards the EU Green Deal “ is one of the key moments of the prestigious event SEAFUTURE, the business convention for maritime and dual use technologies attended by 10.000 participants, with 200 exhibiting companies in the 9.000… Read more »
ESPO is organising its 17th Annual Conference on 28-29 May 2020. This 17th edition of the ESPO Conference is kindly hosted by the Port of Oslo. On 11 December, the European Commission published the European Green Deal, laying out a commitment for Europe to become the world’s first net zero emission continent by 2050. The Green Deal also refers to increased emission… Read more »
Under construction at the Rosetti Marino shipyard in Italy, as part of the European co-financed Poseidon Med II project, the SBBT is due for delivery later this year. With a load capacity of 4,000 m3 of LNG and 1,000 m3 of Marine Diesel Oil (MDO), it will mainly operate in the North-Adriatic Sea, and will… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
“A new study on transport infrastructure charging, due this summer, tackles the thorny question of how to allocate the costs of pollution in European Ports. Isabelle Ryckbost considers its implications.” A new study on transport infrastructure charging, due this summer, tackles the thorny question of how to allocate the costs of pollution in European ports…. Read more »
New scenarios in the Mediterranean: Suez and China, the strategies of big carriers, new technologies, and energy routes. Italian Maritime Economy The Suez Canal has just celebrated 150 years of operations. Its 2015 enlargement established new port balances in the Mediterranean: the two records broken in terms of number of ships and goods transited (18,000 vessels and… Read more »
