Guy Verhofstadt to address shipowners and EU officials at ECSA gala dinner

Mr Guy Verhofstadt, former Belgian Prime Minister and leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), will be delivering a keynote speech at ECSA’s 50th anniversary gala dinner on March 4th - one of the European Shipping Week’s major events.

His confirmation comes only weeks after Ms...

European Shipping Week welcomes more keynote speakers and panellists

Adam Goldstein, President and COO of Royal Caribbean Cruises, Pierfrancesco Vago, Chairman of CLIA Europe and Executive Chairman of MSC Cruises, and Paolo Tonon, Vice-President and Head of Maersk Technology join an impressive list of key industry shipping personnel and EU regulators at European Shipping Week in Brussels 2-6 March...

The Council of the European Union backs European Shipping Week

The Presidency of the Council of the European Union has granted official patronage to the forthcoming European Shipping Week (ESW) which will be held in Brussels during March 2‐6, 2015. This support joins the European Parliament’s official patronage by its President, Mr Martin Schulz, and that of the European Commission...

Top shipowners and regulators line up to speak at flagship European Shipping Week conference

Violeta Bulc, European Transport Commissioner, will join the heads of the European and Global shipping industry as speaker at the inaugural flagship conference to be held as part of European Shipping Week 2015.

Commenting on the event, Commissioner Bulc said: “The ESW conference will be an opportunity to demonstrate...

Social partners welcome Council agreement on exclusions of seafarers

ECSA and ETF, the European Social Partners in the field of Maritime Transport, welcome the agreement (General Approach) reached yesterday by the EU's Council of Employment and Social Policy Ministers on the Commission’s proposal to amend five EU directives with an aim at repealing the exclusions of seafarers from these...

Shipowners welcome revamped EU anti-piracy naval mission that will run until 2016

EU Member States have decided to extend the mandate of the EU anti-piracy naval mission off the coast of Somalia both in terms of scope and duration. EU Navfor Atalanta will now run until 12 December 2016 and will include several new secondary objectives, designed to combat piracy and its...

All eyes on IMO as Europe moves ahead with CO2 monitoring regime for ships

EU co-legislators reached an informal agreement last week on the Commission proposal for a Regulation on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of CO2 emissions of maritime transport.

The agreement paves the way for a European MRV system that will become operational as of 2018, applying to ships above 5000...

European Shipowners launch ESSF sulphur survey

European shipowners have launched a survey to monitor the economic impact of the 0.1% sulphur requirements for shipping in the European Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs), which are due to enter into force on 1 January 2015, as foreseen by the amended 2012 EU Sulphur Directive.

Numerous reports have already...

European Shipowners Call for Free Transport of International Cargo between Chinese Ports

The 11th Implementation Meeting of the China-EU Maritime Transport Agreement, hosted by the Water Transport Bureau of the Chinese Ministry of Transport, was held in Haikou from 20 to 22 October. The agenda featured an exchange of views on shipping policy developments in China and the EU as well as...

European Shipping Week receives patronage of the European Parliament

European Shipping Week has been granted the European Parliament’s official patronage by its President, Mr Martin Schultz. Both the European Commission and the European Parliament have now actively expressed their support for the week-long event which will be held in Brussels during March 2-6, 2015.

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