Year: 2020

105 posts

50 days before Brexit, 12 November

Brexit day is coming closer but practical questions in the different modes of transport still remain. To mention just one: will the availability of permits […]

World Ports Conference 2020

Cargo owners are usually among the first victims in a crisis. COVID-19 has taken that to another level, with shipments being delayed, blanked, subjected to […]

Smart Ports: Piers of the Future, 17-18 November

ESC is supporting Smart Ports: Piers of the Future event which is organised as part of the Smart City Expo World Congress Event and will […]

EU Environmental Council on freight traffic

During the EU Environment Council on 23 October, 2020, the Ministers of Environment of the EU Member States asked the European Commission to introduce measures […]

Rail

From December: charges for delay minutes caused in Germany In December this year DB Netze will launch a scheme in which railway undertakings and the […]

Adequate minimum wages in the EU

The European Commission released a proposal for a directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU. BusinessEurope reacted to the publication of the proposal calling […]

400,000 seafarers stuck at sea

24 September 2020, during a high-level event on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly Captain Hedi Marzougui appealed to Governments to act to […]

New Customs Union Action Plan

28 September 2020, the European Commission launched a new Customs Union Action Plan setting out a series of measures to make EU customs smarter, more […]