EVENT | Ensuring a people-centred transition: Upskilling and reskilling in the Shipping industry

ECSA invites you to a Parliamentary Breakfast on:

"Ensuring a people-centred transition: Upskilling and reskilling in the Shipping industry"

When: 6 December 2023 | 8:30 - 9:30 CET

Where: European Parliament, MEP Salon

Co-hosted by: MEP Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi (EPP) and MEP Josianne Cutajar (S&D)

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Parliament vote on trucks CO2 standards: more support needed for clean affordable fuels for shipping

ECSA welcomes the outcome of yesterday’s European Parliament vote on the new CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles and the rejection of the Carbon Correction Factor (CCF) for trucks. The introduction of a CCF would artificially increase demand for biofuels and RFNBOs for trucks.

Although the CCF was voted down, the...

European shipowners call for clean affordable fuels for shipping before Parliament vote on trucks CO2 standards

Ahead of the plenary vote on CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles, European shipowners highlight once more the urgent need to make clean affordable fuels available for shipping. Sufficient quantities of sustainable and scalable renewable fuels are key for the energy transition of the shipping industry. However, the current lack...

ESS2023 Session: Financing the Green Transition

ECSA and Danish Ship Finance S/A invite you to a European Shipping Summit session on

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ESS2023 Session: Shipping for Net-Zero Europe

ECSA, Transport and Environment and the International Association of Class Society invite you to a European Shipping Summit session on

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ESS2023 Session: Fair Transition and Human Centred Decarbonisation for Seafarers

ECSA, European Transport Workers' Federation and the International Chamber of Shipping invite you to a European Shipping Summit session on

"Fair Transition and Human Centred Decarbonisation for Seafarers"

European Shipping Summit, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Auditorium 490, Rue du Musée 5, 1000 Bruxelles

From 09.30 to 10.30 CET

As...

Joint statement: Call for pragmatic and consistent EU guidelines

Joint statement supporting petition N° 0276-2022 to retain the broad application of economic VAT exemption for transport and other services directly linked to export of goods

Transport and, more generally, the supply chain industry is a cornerstone of the single market and European international trade. It is vital for fulfilling...

Basel III Rules: Recognition of ship finance positive, but further action is needed

European shipowners welcome the agreement on the Basel III rules reached between the European Parliament and the Council yesterday that gives explicit recognition to ship finance.

The new rules will allow banks to apply preferential treatment to shipping portfolios on specialised lending when calculating risk weights and ultimately their capital...

European shipowners welcome ratification of the Hong Kong Convention as a major breakthrough

14 years since the adoption by the International Maritime Organization, the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (Hong Kong Convention) was ratified yesterday. With the ratification by Bangladesh and Liberia, the Hong Kong Convention will enter into force in two years. This is...

European Shipping Summit 2023: Registrations are open!

We are very happy to announce that the registrations for the European Shipping Summit 2023 are open!

The European shipping industry is pleased to invite policy makers, regulators and stakeholders from the maritime world and beyond to its “European Shipping Summit”. The event will take place in Brussels on 19...