Europe’s ports welcome the preliminary agreement reached amongst co-legislators on the inclusion of shipping in a maritime EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS). The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) finds that the maritime ETS to be agreed during final negotiations this week can be an important instrument to speed up the green transition of maritime. To deliver this, Europe’s ports call for the final text on maritime ETS to prevent carbon and business leakage, whilst ensuring that ETS revenues are made available for greening investments in maritime and ports. (....)