Over the next five years, the new European Parliament will be released this weekend's elections and the European Commission They need to focus on the competitiveness of EU ports. The request comes from the Zentralverband der deutschen Seehafenbetriebe (ZDS), the Association of German Port Companies: and the next European Commission - explained today the President of the ZDS, Angela Titzrath - will be in face many crises and many challenges. This is exactly the This is why the EU needs to focus on its strengths: common action, free internal market, open trade policy and safe and fair competition. All of this should include A comprehensive European port strategy and a common maritime industry'. "To meet the challenges "We need ports of our time," Titzrath added. Strong. The strength of the economy, the energy transition and Defensive capabilities require ports and transport links efficient transport. For a strong European Union, logistics It must therefore be a priority."

With regard to the energy transition, referring to the new European rules that included maritime transport in the EU Emissions Trading System, including the risks benefiting non-European ports, Titzrath has stressed that, "at this juncture, the EU must act quickly, as shipping companies have been creating new hubs for their goods outside the EU."