The Port of Barcelona: From 2.0 to 4.0

Barcelona, 10 de noviembre del 2021.- The Port of Barcelona has presented the grants for innovative ideas and projects of Ports 4.0, the corporate open innovation model of Puertos del Estado and the Spanish Port Authorities.

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European Partnership to make Zero-Emission Waterborne Transport a reality before 2050

Barcelona, June 29, 2021.- Cyprus Shipping News has published the following information about the carbon footprint of maritime transport and the European plans to reduce it to 0 from 2050:

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Transport in the European Union: Current Trends and Issues (2)

Here you can read the first part of this analysis published on July 12, 2018

Barcelona, July 18, 2018.- The liberalisation of the European aviation market, that celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2017, already benefited the aviation sector, as well as air passengers. One of the main problems affecting its performance is the fragmented EU airspace that leads to high operating costs for airlines, as it limits the optimisation of flight paths or duplicating costly functions. As a consequence, in 2014 the unit costs for providing air navigation services were around 35% lower in the US than in Europe.

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