In accordance with the reached agreement and ESPO\u2019s long-standing plea, a port\u2019s position in the TEN-T network will now be assessed not only on the basis of tonnage, but also on its contribution to the energy transition.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if volumes and tonnes remain an important indicator for ports as hubs in the logistic chain, it is not anymore the only indicator of performance. The decision to include ports that play an important role in the supply of energy in the TEN-T network is a huge step forward,\u201d said Isabelle Ryckbost, secretary general, ESPO.<\/p>\n
\u201dIt shows that the legislators recognise that energy is an important commodity and ports are key in ensuring both Europe\u2019s energy security and energy transition. This energy role cannot always be counted in tonnes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crucial role<\/strong><\/p>\n European ports play a crucial role in Europe\u2019s energy transition and security of energy supply. They build and strengthen the supply chains for the new energy landscape.<\/p>\n But substantial efforts and investments are needed going forward, as the new sources of energy come with specific transport needs, infrastructure, connectivities, storage and new supply chains.<\/p>\n Ms Ryckbost said that ports cater to these new realities and adapt and expand their infrastructures and processes accordingly, so it is fundamental that European legislation does the same and supports ports in their endeavours to generate high added value for Europe\u2019s society.<\/p>\n Going forward, it will now be up to the Commission and Member States to put the new rules into practice and make sure to grant TEN-T status to those ports that comply with the new Regulation\u2019s energy criterium (in Article 24).<\/p>\n ESPO is preparing an update of its 2018 Port Investment study in view of identifying the infrastructure investment needs of European ports, both in terms of categories of investments and investments amounts. The updated study will be released during the TEN-T Days, taking place from 2 to 5 April in Brussels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) says it strongly supports the co-legislators\u2019 decision to include energy ports in Europe\u2019s transport network (TEN-T).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,34],"tags":[220,670,176,120,177,299,584,724,301],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-3970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-europe-greenport","tag-energy-hubs","tag-energy-transition","tag-espo","tag-europe","tag-european-ports","tag-policy","tag-regulation","tag-smart-ports","tag-ten-t"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3972,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions\/3972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=3970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}