European ports have prepared a memorandum on the role of port authorities and managing bodies as facilitators of the port ecosystem. The ESPO memorandum identifies ten priorities, ten fields of action and importance for the next five years. The memorandum explains how ports can contribute to Europe’s competitiveness by engaging with port-based industries and operators to influence and assist in the significant changes that we are being faced: climate change, sustainability, digitalisation and the volatile global trade and geopolitical environment.