The Plenary of the EU Parliament voted on two dossiers which will have an important impact on the EU shipping sector. Europarliamentarians ratified the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and supported the reform of the European Emissions Trading System (ETS), the EU carbon market designed to reduce the Union´s Read more…
Political activity resumes in Brussels after the holiday season. This year has been themed by the EU Commission as the European Maritime Year; the EC will be publishing and supporting several initiatives that will define the development of the sector for the next years. The focus on the EU maritime Read more…
The Maltese government aims to bring the maritime sector back in the spotlight of the EU agenda during its 6 months Presidency of the EU Council. As an island nation and a shipping power, Malta aspires to use next semester and the EU Maritime Year to create momentum for big Read more…
ETA joined the efforts of other 21 EU industry associations to launch a new platform representing the totality of the transport modes and logistic chain. The Industry Alliance for Multimodal Connectivity and Logistics is composed of different organizations covering the modes of transport, cargo owners, freight forwarders, logistics and port Read more…
The Italian Tug Association Assorimorchiatori, organized an event on the 12th of October to present to the public the recently published book “Towline connected – Un servizio in concorrenza per la sicurezza”. The new publication compiles a set of pictures of tugs at work and academic articles describing the importance Read more…
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) presented the 2016 edition of its review of Maritime Transport. The publication examines the current situation of the sector and the long-term prospects for seaborne trade, which it describes as uncertain and subject to downside risks. The publication underlines the apparent Read more…
The 70th Meeting of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC70) took place between 24th-28th October. During these negotiations, member states reached a series of agreements which will define the sustainability of shipping in the years to come. IMO members agreed to establish a cap on sulphur emissions, a strategy Read more…
30 European transport associations, representing infrastructure managers, operators, local authorities, users and equipment suppliers in the maritime, inland waterways, railways, road, cycling, aviation and intermodal sectors, call on the European Parliament and the Council to approve the Commission proposal for the review of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework. The proposal foresees Read more…
The ETA has participated in the Malta Maritime Summit which took place in Valleta from the 3rd to the 6th of October. This Summit was primarily aimed at giving industry a voice in the maritime sector primarily in view of Malta’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the EU next Read more…
“Connecting Ships, Ports and People” has been selected as the World Maritime Day theme for 2017 following a proposal by Secretary-General Kitack Lim to the IMO Council. The theme would provide, according to Mr. Lim, an opportunity to work with developed and developing countries, shipping and public and private sector Read more…