European shipowners support EU parliamentary proposal on commercial operators and a sector-dedicated fund

European shipowners welcome the proposal of the European Parliament’s Rapporteur on the EU ETS, MEP Peter Liese, to introduce a requirement for a binding clause in contractual agreements between shipowners and commercial operators and to ensure that the latter pay for the costs of the EU ETS. ECSA also...

Philippos Philis takes over as ECSA president with Karin Orsel as Vice-President

Philippos Philis has been appointed as new ECSA President by the General Assembly for a two-year term starting in January with Karin Orsel as new Vice-President. He succeeds Claes Berglund, who served as President since 2020.

“The beginning of the new ECSA Presidency comes at a very challenging time...

Season's Greetings from the ECSA team

Supply chain partners in constructive dialogue to overcome logistics challenges

Brussels, 14 December 2021 - Shippers and carriers met yesterday to talk about the causes and effects of recent supply chain disruption coinciding with the COVID 19 pandemic. The meeting brought together a broad representation of members from the European Shippers Council (ECS) and the World Shipping Council (WSC)...

European shipowners call on Transport ministers to fix enforcement loopholes in FuelEU Maritime

EU Transport ministers will discuss the FuelEU Maritime proposal during the meeting of the Transport Council on 9 December. The discussions in the Council have reflected so far the main concerns of the industry, i.e. the enforcement loopholes arising from making fuel blends purchased outside the EU subject...

European Shipowners call for further action in the Gulf of Guinea

Latest incident involving Danish frigate highlights severity of piracy threat in the Gulf of Guinea

European shipowners are extremely concerned about piracy attacks in the Gulf of Guinea. The latest incident in South Nigeria, which involved a suspected pirate vessel and Danish Frigate Esben Snare and resulted in...

ECSA at UN climate change conference COP26

ECSA is a shipping association partner of the shipping conference organised by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) on the 6th of November on the margins of UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow. The ‘Shaping the future of Shipping’ conference will bring together ministers, key policy-makers as well as industry leaders.

Attendees...

European shipowners support commercial operators to bear the costs of EU ETS and call for a sector-dedicated fund

ECSA published today its policy paper on the EU ETS proposal. European shipowners welcome the increased climate ambition of the ‘Fit for 55’ package, recognising that the climate crisis is one of the greatest economic and environmental challenges our societies have faced.

European shipowners firmly support a dedicated fund...

European shipowners support the uptake of clean fuels but fear FuelEU may become missed opportunity due to enforcement loopholes

ECSA supports the objective of the FuelEU Maritime proposal to foster the uptake of cleaner fuels in shipping. However, the proposal may become a missed opportunity. Using documents provided by non-EU fuel suppliers to calculate carbon savings contributing to the EU’s climate targets may create substantial enforcement loopholes. Making...

Management change

Having tangibly assisted in setting up and led the current Secretariat team at ECSA for 4 years, Martin Dorsman, Secretary General at ECSA, and in agreement with the ECSA Board of Directors, has decided to seek other work challenges, as of 1st of October 2021.
 
“We warmly thank...