Ms Ursula von der Leyen, ‘Commission will take action in relation to maritime transport, including to oblige docked ships to use shore-side electricity’

12/12/2019. (Copied literally from European Sea Ports Organization-ESPO) The Commission published its Communication on the European Green Deal (please click here). The Communication lists a number of new policy initiatives/legislative proposals and is accompanied by an annex which indicates the timing each initiative/proposal will come out. The Commission will propose…

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Germany joints efforts with OPS Master Plan while launching concrete measures to promote shore-generated power in an effort to make EU ports cleaner

21/10/2019. Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy services informed OPS Master Plan leader that on October the 10th in Kiel, various German States Government representatives signed a memorandum intended to realize -in brief- the following measures, limit EEG surcharge supporting renewables to only 20 % for OPS – mid 2020 new possibility…

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