ESPO

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

The Commission Von der Leyen II has placed the strengthening of Europe’s competitiveness and resilience, while keeping pace with the decarbonisation goals, at the heart of its agenda, writes Isabelle Ryckbost.

24th August 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Europe’s competitiveness and resilience agenda

24th August 2026

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) is urging the European Commission to mitigate against the unwanted consequences of the current maritime ETS system on Europe’s ports and short sea shipping sector.

1st June 2026

EU-ETS review: Europe’s ports plea for action

1st June 2026

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

If ports were to have a wish list for Christmas last December, I think that quite some ports would have had grid connection and grid capacity high on their list.

5th February 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Will Europe’s ports have to queue for grid?

5th February 2026

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The pile of crisis files on the EU Commission’s President von der Leyen’s desk is every year getting higher: Climate, covid, energy, the war in Ukraine, the (re)taking office of the Trump…

30th September 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Building a resilient Europe: No pay, no cure?

30th September 2025

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

If all goes well, the EU’s new Port Strategy should give ports the tools they need to play their role in contributing to Europe’s multifaceted ambitions.  

18th August 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Ports key to Europe’s multifaceted ambitions

18th August 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

European ports are committed to supporting the shipping industry’s transition to alternative fuels as part of its goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

7th April 2025

Ports drive shipping’s fuel transition

7th April 2025

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Commission is planning and preparing a “Comprehensive” EU Port Strategy which expresses its concerns about the Chinese stakes in Europe’s port terminals and hence addresses the foreign influence in strategic port infrastructure in…

11th February 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Driving a comprehensive EU port strategy

11th February 2025

GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

Climate change remains the top concern of ports surveyed by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) for the third consecutive year, a report presented at the GreenPort Congress has shown.

25th October 2024

Climate change still No.1 concern for ports

25th October 2024

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has presented the Commission’s broad political agenda for the next five years, writes Isabelle Ryckbost, secretart general, ESPO

1st October 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Can Europe better combine ambition with pragmatism?

1st October 2024

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

In this article, Isabelle Ryckbost, secretary general, ESPO, discusses how ports are collaborating to realise the green transition.

29th July 2024

EXCLUSIVE: The green transition forces more cooperation

29th July 2024