By Jonathan Stearns (Bloomberg) — The European Union plans a sweeping proposal for transatlantic cooperation to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in a bid to repair relations soured by Donald Trump. “The...

By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS, July 7 (Reuters) – European lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to include international carbon emissions from the maritime sector in the EU carbon market, targeting an industry...

By Jonathan Stearns (Bloomberg) –The European Union fired a warning shot at China over its global trade ambitions with an unprecedented tariff decision to counter Chinese subsidies to exporters. For...

COPENHAGEN, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Strict EU enforcement of competition rules prevents the development of the global champions necessary to compete with Chinese and U.S. companies, the head of shipping...

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — European nations are far behind Mexico and China when it comes to receiving liquefied natural gas from the U.S., but the region is...

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, March 23 (Reuters) – The European Union’s trade chief is unsure what Washington wants in return for a permanent EU exemption from steel tariffs but she...

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, Sept 20 (Reuters) – The European Union and Canada will begin cutting import duties from Thursday on thousands of products and services in a reminder to Britain...

BRUSSELS, July 8 (Reuters) – The European Commission opened on Friday two investigations into whether tax exemptions for Belgian and French ports breach EU state aid rules. In France, the...

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, June 28 (Reuters) – World No.1 container liner Maersk, Swiss peer MSC and 13 other shipping firms are set to escape possible penalties as EU...

By David Roman (Bloomberg) — France will urge European Union nations to coordinate navy patrols to ensure a “regular and visible” presence in the disputed South China Sea, in the...

The shipping sector will for the first time have to monitor its carbon emissions under a law agreed by the European Union on Wednesday, intended as a step towards tackling a growing source of pollutants linked to climate change.

The European Commission said on Wednesday it would launch an EU version of Italy's sea rescue operation to help it deal with the droves of migrants crossing the Mediterranean in crowded boats from North Africa, something Italy has repeatedly called for.

Aker Solutions ASA, the offshore engineering company controlled by billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke, could miss opportunities to expand into Russia’s Arctic region if Europe and the U.S. uphold sanctions on the country.

The European Union's competition watchdog on Wednesday opened an investigation into tax exemptions granted to ports in the Netherlands and warned France and Belgium their taxation of ports may breach EU state aid rules.

The European Union competition regulator has ordered Spain to recover state aid given to shipyard investors, saying the measure gave them an unfair advantage over rivals.

The EU’s maritime ports handle 74 percent of the region’s total trade and are the primary gateways to the EU’s transportation network.  As the following infographic shows, European seaports are...

The European Union tightened safety rules for offshore oil and natural-gas exploration to curb the risk of a major accident after BP Plc’s 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The European Commission (EC) has agreed to a Finnish incentive program for investment in greener ships. The EC has found that amendments to this existing scheme are in line with...

The European Commission has approved an initiative that gives Finnish ship owners an incentive to build and convert existing ships to the use cleaner burning fuel ahead of future regulation...

By Frances Robinson BRUSSELS–The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to verify whether numerous public support measures granted by Portugal to the shipyard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo...