T&E

MEPs shock ministers with cleaner shipping vote

Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:00:00 CET

MEPs have challenged ministers and the Commission to agree to considerably stricter limits on sulphur emissions from large ships in an important vote in the European Parliament�s environment committee.

The Clean Ship: Opportunities for innovation, policy and business

Sat, 09 Apr 2005 11:23:00 CET

The Clean Ship is an integrated approach to sustainable shipping. Integrated has a double meaning. First of all, it means tackling all social and environmental costs from 'cradle to grave'. Secondly, it means that a participatory process is needed to bring together various stakeholders who have a role to play in making this vision a reality. This 'sketchbook' gives the reader an idea of what the Clean Ship approach is all about.

21-22/04/05 - Greening Motorways of the Sea, Stockholm

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:00:00 CET

An international conference on sustainable port planning and shipping in the Baltic Sea Area.

Sustainable Freight Transport in Sensitive Areas: Conference Proceedings (T&E 04/07)

Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:23:48 CET

Proceedings of the conference held in Vienna, 27-28 October 2004

Air Pollution from Ships

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 14:01:47 CET

Briefing document on air pollution from ships.

Sensitive Areas Fact Sheet

Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:49:16 CET

Four-page factsheet. Gives an overview of the issues surrounding transport through sensitive areas and recommendations for European action.

Pyrenean Freight Transport

Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:49:07 CET

Four-page fact sheet exploring the impact of transport growth on the Pyrenees region. Describes the risks of building new transport infrastructure and suggests alternatives.

Motorways of the Sea - NGO Response to the Consultation Document

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:53:37 CET

Shifting freight from European roads to the sea could be a cure against congestion and the growing environmental impact of trans-European transports. But safety risks, operational pollution from ships and uncoordinated port investments endanger the potential benefits of short sea shipping. Sea Motorways pose the dual-risk of increasing negative impacts and concentrating them on these new routes.

In this response to the EU Consultation on Motorways of the Sea: Implementation through Article 12a TEN-T, European environmental NGOS joined in demanding that these new transport corridors be linked to environmental criteria.

Towards Clean Shipping (T&E 04/03)

Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:19:46 CET

Proceedings from the 'Towards Clean Ships' seminar hosted by T&E and the North Sea Foundation in Brussels o�n 3 June 2004.

Economic Instruments to Reduce the Environmental Impact of International Transport

Tue, 04 May 2004 13:17:00 CET

Proceedings from the April 2004 seminar o�n economic instruments, hosted in Brussels by T&E. This publication includes contributions from Karsten Krause and Markus Liechti of T&E, Malcolm Fergusson of the Institute for European Environmental Policy, Tim Johnson of the Aviation Environment Federation and Christer Agren of the Swedish NGO Secretariat o�n Acid Rain.