FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin European maritime companies and organizations have called on the European Commission to fully integrate shipping into its upcoming Electrification Action Plan, arguing that faster electrification of ports and vessels is essential. In a joint letter addressed to senior EU Commissioners, the coalition welcomed the forthcoming plan as a major opportunity to accelerate Europe’s transition toward a “resilient, competitive and electrified shipping economy.” The signatories emphasized that electrification across ports, terminals, and vessels should be treated as a central component of EU industrial strategy. RelatedNews Greece plans green fund to accelerate shipping’s decarbonization Eitzen group orders two fully electric container ships for North Sea routes var jnews_module_21376026_0_6a33e49d8e1cf = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21376026","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2607,2375,1709","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_