PRESS RELEASE: On 27 October 2025, PERMAGOV organised a workshop to reflect on digitalisation and decarbonisation in the maritime supply chain, with a focus on shipping and ports. Stakeholders representing EU ports, shippers, ship owners, academia, and NGOs explored how digital tools and governance approaches can accelerate progress toward the European Green Deal and strengthen maritime sustainability. Digital polling and interactive collaboration tools allowed participants t

When the Motorways of the Sea concept was born in 2010, it was hailed as competitive alternative to land transport. The main goal was to...

To reduce emissions from shipping, maritime transport was included in the EU Emissions Trading System, a carbon market with the...

What better place to choose for a meeting to discuss marine governance than Zandvoort? Once a fishing village, the Dutch beach town has...

Among the biggest challenges facing the shipping industry is how to continue functioning as a major trading route without damaging the...

A panting runner emerged from the forest, on a dirt trail that took him to the open space overlooking the Nederrijn river. The runner was...

The European Green Deal (EGD) adopted in December 2019 seeks to facilitate the transition of the EU towards a climate-neutral continent...

PERMAGOV mapped 44 marine related policies to understand how they support or hinder progress towards the goals set out in the European...

This case study focuses on improving the Motorways of the Sea programme (MoS), as part of the trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T)....

Global shipping emits 2.8-3.0% of all greenhouse gases (GHGs) but the sector is left out of the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement. The...