ETS: ECSA welcomes European Parliament’s decisive vote on commercial operators and Ocean Fund

European shipowners welcome the strong cross-party support by the European Parliament for key provisions under the revised Emission Trading System for shipping. ECSA welcomes the Parliament’s commitment to enforce the ‘polluter-pays’ principle, by ensuring the mandatory pass-through of the ETS costs to the commercial operators of the vessels through contractual...

Resilient and Sustainable Ship Financing

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15 June 2022 | 11:00-13:00 CET | Hybrid

Registration for ECSA’s event on the role of Resilient and Sustainable Ship Financing in the transition towards fully decarbonised shipping is now open!

As the shipping sector strives to decarbonise, the need...

SAVE THE DATE – ECSA SHIP FINANCE ROUNDTABLE

SAVE THE DATE – ECSA SHIP FINANCE ROUNDTABLE

Resilient and Sustainable Ship Financing

15 June 2022 | 11:00-13:00 CET | Hybrid

ECSA is inviting stakeholders to discuss the role of Resilient and Sustainable Ship Financing in the transition towards fully decarbonised shipping.

As the shipping sector strives...

ECSA appoints Sotiris Raptis as Secretary General

Sotiris Raptis has been appointed by the General Assembly to lead the  European Community Shipowners’ Associations as its new Secretary General.

Sotiris Raptis (41) has extensive EU political and policy experience, having worked for different organisations in Brussels over the last 14 years. After joining ECSA  as Director...

EU shipowners highlight importance of seafarers in Ukraine crisis

ECSA urges regulators to guarantee seafarers’ mobility and their rights as essential workers.

European shipowners are following very closely the impacts of the events in Ukraine on the crews and the safe continuation of shipping operations.

The EU fleet relies heavily on Ukrainian and Russian seafarers, which make...

Maritime Security: ECSA welcomes extension of Coordinated Maritime Presence

The European shipping industry welcomes the EU’s political commitment to the strengthening of maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea and North-Western Indian Ocean.

Two sets of Council Conclusions have been adopted on Monday to extend and enhance the EU’s Coordinated Maritime Presence (CMP) in the Gulf of...

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)...