ESC Newsletter – 15 May 2025

Preface

Here is the next edition of our bi-weekly newsletter, containing a selection of the most relevant news and events in the field of transport & logistics from the shippers' perspective.

Latest news

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MEPs support proposals to simplify EU carbon leakage instrument

13 May 2025, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Climate Change and Food Safety endorsed the Commission’s proposal, which is a part of the “Omnibus I” simplification package presented...

PERMAGOV Survey on Decarbonising Shipping in the EU

PERMAGOV is a EU project which seeks to improve EU marine governance so that it can better meet the goals and objectives established in the European Green Deal. The current...

A survey on Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Supply Chain / Logistics

Deadline: 21 May 2025.

As part of its work on GHG emissions measurement and reporting and in collaboration with the CLEVER project, ALICE is conducting a short survey to collect...

AUTOSUP – Save the date for the next webinar

AUTOSUP is a European-funded project defining the transition path for transforming supply chain nodes such as ports and intermodal hubs into seamlessly operating multimodal automatic freight transport platforms.

In AUTOSUP,...

US-China trade war: difficult to do business

Beijing, 8th May 2025 – The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) conducted an online flash survey to understand how its members have been affected by the...

A broad agreement among WTO members to reform and reposition the organisation

There is a “broad agreement” among WTO members that repositioning and reform of the organization must be a central priority for the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) due to take place...

IRU and ETF call on EU Commissioners to shed light on posted driver pay

European Shippers' Council joins IRU and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) in their call on European Commission leaders to support the road transport sector by urgently clarifying how EU...

European Parliament endorses greater EU transport funding in long-term budget plans

7th May 2025, the European Parliament adopted its preliminary position on the EU’s next long-term budget post-2027. The Own-Initiative Report “On a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a...

Upcoming events

The omnibus package – What implications for the EU’s sustainability credentials and European manufacturers?

May 19, 2025 02:30 pm

In February 2025, the European Commission launched an omnibus initiative to reduce administrative burdens on businesses, and provide more harmonisation within the European market. It also aims to make EU ...

ITF 2025 Summit on Transport Resilience to Global Shocks

May 21, 2025 12:00 am

The ITF 2025 Summit on  Transport Resilience to Global Shocks  will take place from 21 to 23 May in Leipzig, Germany, under the ITF Presidency of Chile.

The ITF Annual ...

European Maritime Day 2025

May 21, 2025 09:30 am

The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual event during which Europe’s maritime community meet to network, discuss and outline joint action on maritime affairs and sustainable blue economy.

The ...

Webinar “Trade Wars: Perfect Storm for Companies”

May 27, 2025 03:45 pm

Global trade is typically the domain of specialists. In recent months, however, news about global trade has dominated the mainstream media.

Despite this, it remains difficult for EU exporters to ...

Transport logistic 2025

Jun 02, 2025 12:00 am

The world's leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management offers you a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in the industry on 150,000 square meters of ...

How can we protect our critical (port) infrastructure to enable safe logistics and trade?

Jun 12, 2025 01:00 pm

Save the date for the second AUTOSUP project webinar "How can we protect our critical (port) infrastructure to enable safe logistics and trade?" 

For the programme and registration, please see ...

More events? Please find a complete list of upcoming events here (you need to be logged in as a member to see this).