ECSA-ETF: EU shipping needs to attract and retain more women The European social partners for Maritime Transport, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF),…
EU shipowners welcome Parliament’s call for a comprehensive approach under FuelEU Maritime The Transport Committee of the European Parliament adopted today the Delli Report on more efficient and cleaner maritime…
EU shipowners call for fund coupled with targets for fuel suppliers to decarbonise shipping The European Commission should address fuel suppliers by introducing sub-targets to make low- and zero carbon…
ECSA applauds UN resolution on seafarers as key workers and supports IMO call for priority vaccination On behalf of the whole European shipping industry, ECSA welcomes the resolution adopted by…
EU’s 2030 climate target: ECSA publishes study on implications of EU ETS for shipping With the European Commission announcing an increased climate target for 2030 and aiming to extend the…
ECSA: Sustainable recovery requires a well-balanced recovery package Following the special European Council meeting of 17-21 July, EU leaders agreed on a €750 billion recovery fund to help the EU…
ECSA: Major review of EU’s trade policy necessary to boost global economy after COVID-19 Following the announcement today by the European Commission for a major review of the EU’s trade…
All ships in port to sound their horns on 1 May ECSA joins the International Chamber of Shipping in calling all member companies, shipowners, managers, port operators and any relevant…
European Shipping Week 2020 opens with the latest figures on European shipping The European Shipping Week 2020 – the biggest shipping event in Brussels and the flagship event of ECSA…
The European shipping industry welcomes the European Green Deal The European shipping industry fully welcomes the unveiling of the European Green Deal by the European Commission President Ursula von der…
A Globally-Oriented European Commission for a Strong European Union On behalf of the whole European shipping industry, ECSA welcomes the confirmation of the new College of the European Commission, under…
ECSA launches its Maritime Growth Plan for “Sustainable Maritime Jobs, Growth and Competitiveness” ECSA is launching its ambitious Maritime Growth plan today at an event attended by Member States, the…
Brexit: European shipping industry urges for negotiated settlement that includes transition period In a letter today to the EU’s Chief Negotiator for the exit of the UK from the EU,…
Following yesterday’s discussions in the UK parliament and the mandate given to the UK Prime Minister to re-discuss Brexit arrangements with her European colleagues, European shipowners call upon all parties…
The European shipowners are pleased with the Council’s decision to extent the mandate of the EU capacity building mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) until 31 December 2020. ‘The EU’s engagement…
European shipowners welcome the agreement reached on BREXIT yesterday. “ Our primary concern on the short term, the frictionless trade, seems to be taken care off. A no deal scenario…
European Shipowners and Maritime Technology Industry call for decisive actions against unfair trade practices and in favour of global playing field SEA Europe and ECSA, the trade associations representing respectively…
The BIMCO President, Mr Anastasios Papagiannopoulos and ECSA President, Mr Panos Laskarides met in Athens recently to discuss areas of cooperation and further alignment between the two leading associations representing…
European Shipowners encourage the European Commission to have sufficient recycling capacity on the EU approved ship recycling yards list All vessels sailing under an EU flag will eventually be required…
The European Commission today presented trade agreements with Japan and Singapore to the Council to eventually be adopted. The European shipowners are very pleased that the first step towards the conclusion of…
The environmental committee of IMO decided at its 72th meeting to adopt an initial strategy on the reduction of Green House Gases (GHG) emissions from ships. This strategy sets out…
European shipowners strongly believe that the environmental committee of the IMO, MEPC, can reach an ambitious initial CO2 reduction strategy by the end of this week, building on the results of…
European shipowners disagree with the US President Trump’s decision to impose additional duties on imports of certain steel and aluminium products into the United States. “This protectionist decision of imposing…
European shipowners are opposing a decree Indonesia adopted recently. The new law imposes that certain commodities can only be transported for import or export by national maritime transport companies. Commodities…
European shipowners welcome the Plastic Strategy adopted by the European Commission last week. The coherent and impressively first-ever Europe-wide strategy on plastic forming part of the transition towards a more circular economy…