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14 Autumn 2019 European Energy Innovation
EUROPEAN PORTS
providing OPS the tax exemption to make better use of both transport This is exactly why we should be
that currently applies for electricity infrastructure and means of transport ambitious, but that is also exactly
generated on board of vessels. We and we believe that digitalisation can what we have to keep in mind when
hope that this can be taken on enhance the knowledge about the designing the path to achieving these
board in the announced review of environmental performance of supply ambitious goals. We must deliver,
the Energy Taxation Directive. Finally, chains and help shippers to make but must do it in the right way in
we express our support for the EU more responsible choices. order to achieve promising results
proposal to the IMO to take prompt both for the environment and the
and harmonised action with regard to The environmental ambitions people’s well being, but also for
the impact of liquid discharges from spelled out in the ESPO the future of Europe’s ports and
scrubbers on water quality. memorandum are high and will Europe’s economic and sustainable
demand a lot of goodwill and leadership in the world.
Besides these two big priorities, the cooperation between stakeholders
ESPO memorandum stresses the of the port ecosystem. Von der We must combine bottom up
importance of sustainable hinterland Leyen’s climate and green agenda is engagement of the port sector with
connections and the engagement equally ambitious. For me, the most a right set of policy choices. ESPO
of European ports to be more important message of the President- and its members hope to be a
transparent when it comes to their elect is that Europe should “strive strategic partner for the European
environmental performance. We for more at home in order to lead in decision makers in delivering their
finally also see digitalisation as a way the world”. agenda. l
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