ECSA welcomes recognition of the shipping industry as a transitional sector in sustainable finance package

The European Commission adopted today a Sustainable Finance package with the aim of improving the flow of investments towards sustainable activities and hence using financial instruments to make […]

Joint ETF-ECSA Statement on the recognition of seafarers as key workers

Trade unions and employers associations in the maritime industry – both at international and EU level – have been calling on States throughout the Covid-19 pandemic to recognise seafarers as ‘key workers’. […]

Panama Canal Authority postpones planned price hike following calls from shipping industry

14 April 2021, Singapore – The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that it will postpone price increases on canal transit fees which were due […]

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), continue to advocate the enhanced participation of women in European shipping. On International […]

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 transport. The Report calls on the Commission to address under the

ECSA: European shipping is central to the success of EU’s new trade strategy

With the launch of the European Commission’s Trade Policy Review published last week, the EU is setting a new course for a stronger role in the new global […]

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 fuels available for shipping and by increasing the multiplier for renewable fuels used […]

Joint Statement: Recovery and Resilience Facility | Transport keeps us going forward

On 9 February, the European Parliament endorsed the agreement on the Proposal for a Regulation establishing a Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). With a budget of EUR 672.5 billion, the RRF […]

ECSA welcomes pilot launch of new security concept in Gulf of Guinea but highlights continuing severity of piracy threat

The European shipping industry welcomes the EU’s political commitment to a first pilot of the new Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) concept in […]

ECSA webinar on “Is the EU ETS the best way to decarbonise shipping?”

The lively discussions in the webinar held on 27 January further highlighted the importance of getting it right, so that shipping can reach its carbon-neutral objectives – a common goal […]