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News | 27 January 2023
CLECAT Newsletter 2023/03
Newsletters | 27 January 2023
CLECAT JOINS DTLF MEETING ON EFTI-DA's
CLECAT attended this week the meeting of the Digital Transport and Logistics Forum’s (DTLF) Subgroup 3 on Electronic Freight Transport Information (eFTI) Delegated Acts. The eFTI Regulation establishes the legal framework for electronic information exchanges between the economic operators and the Member States authorities on the movement of cargo in the European Union.
Newsletters | 27 January 2023
ITF STUDY ON THE POTENTIAL OF E-FUELS TO DECARBONISE SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT
On 24 January, the International Transport Forum published a study on the potential of e-fuels to decarbonise long-haul aviation and maritime shipping. The report analyses how E-fuels - like hydrogen, ammonia, e-methanol or e-kerosene - can be produced from renewable energy and feedstocks in ways that are cheaper and maximise emissions cuts without direct electrification. The report also explores how to deploy e-fuels and how governments can assist in adopting low-carbon fuels.
Newsletters | 27 January 2023
SPANISH PORT OF CASTELLON RECEIVES €132 MILLION TO CONNECT TO THE TEN-T NETWORK
The Spanish port of Castellon, between Valencia and Barcelona, will receive €132 million as part of a joint investment by the Adif (Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure manager) and the Castellon port authority to provide seamless rail access to major freight routes.
Newsletters | 27 January 2023
TRANSITION TO SAF RAISES INVESTMENTS DEBATE
At the Airline Economics conference in Dublin, which brings together the world’s largest aircraft owners, it was agreed that greener fuel was the only way for airlines to meet strict global carbon emission targets. Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) rely on feedstocks to reduce emissions by up to 80% from conventional fuel.
Newsletters | 27 January 2023
CARRIERS REFUND OVER $700,000 IN D&D CHARGES IN THE US
On 25 January, the US Federal Maritime Commissions (FMC) announced that more than $700,000 in detention & demurrage charges have been refunded by ocean carriers since June 2022, when the OSRA entered into force.
Newsletters | 27 January 2023
MAERSK AND MSC AGREE TO DISBAND THE 2M ALLIANCE
Maersk and MSC have announced this week they have mutually agreed to terminate, effective in January 2025, the present 2M alliance. Both companies are expected to pursue their individual strategies.
Newsletters | 27 January 2023
EU SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE IN NUMBERS
The European Commission published this week a factsheet summarising the EU actions in solidarity with Ukraine after Russian’s invasion. Since February 2022, the EU, Member States and European financial institutions have been making available up to €49 billion in financial, humanitarian, emergency budget and military support to Ukraine.
Newsletters | 27 January 2023
UPCOMING TRILOGUES ON AFIR AND FUEL EU MARITIME
In February, the negotiating teams form the European Parliament, Council and the Commission will meet again in trilogues in view of reaching an agreement on the remaining files of the Fit for 55 Package.
Newsletters | 27 January 2023
PUSH FOR TRANSITION TO ZERO-EMISSION HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES
The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg have published a joint non-paper calling for an ambitious revision of the emission standards for heavy duty vehicles (HDVs) which they consider to be much needed to contribute to a reduction of the emissions of road transport in line with the Paris Agreement, the European Climate Law and Member States targets under the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR). The four Member States highlight that this review is an opportunity to abate emissions in the transport sector, as they are currently not on a Paris Agreement aligned trajectory.