At today's meeting of the Council of Ministers in Brussels, Ministers of Transport of the European Union has been addressed only marginally the question of possible postponement of the application of the European Directive 959/2023 which includes a from the first of January, maritime transport in the EU ETS for emissions trading of greenhouse gases greenhouse effect. A moratorium proposed by Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta and Portugal which, in a letter to the European Commissioners Hoekstra, Sefcovic and Valean, urged the EU Commission to introduce urgent corrective measures to reduce the risks that this inclusion penalises EU transhipment ports operating in the container segment.