ESPO: EU directive fails to decrease admin burden

ESPO has claimed the EU's RFD does not decrease maritime transport's admin burden Photo: Bankenverband - Bundesverband deutscher Banken/flickr/CC BY-ND 2.0

The implementation of Directive 2010/65/EU on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States (the Reporting Formalities Directive, or RFD) fails to succeed in lowering the administrative burden in maritime transport, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has said.

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