Shipping associations vow to support seafarers’ mental health needs

Monday 25th June marks the IMO Day of the Seafarer, which this year has a particular focus on seafarer well-being.

In response, members of the European Community Shipowners’ Associations; UK Chamber of Shipping […]

European Shipowners encourage the European Commission to have sufficient recycling capacity on the EU approved ship recycling yards list

All vessels sailing under an EU flag will eventually be required to use an approved ship recycling facility, once the EU Ship […]

European shipowners: Italian policy of refusing migrants to enter its ports alarming

ECSA finds it very alarming that Italy recently refused a humanitarian ship to disembark rescued persons in Italian ports. The passengers included children, pregnant women and persons needing medical […]

European shipowners deeply concerned about looming prospect of global trade war

European shipowners, represented by the European Community Shipowners’ Associations ECSA, express their deepest concerns about recent developments on global bilateral trade relations. The result of the G7 meeting last weekend […]

European and International Social Partners in the Maritime Sector call for specific procedures for seafarers to obtain Schengen visas

The European and International Social Partners in the Maritime Sector; the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), […]

Shipping Sector’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategy Discussed

The European shipowners together with MEP Wim van de Camp yesterday organised a seminar in the European Parliament to discuss the International Maritime Organization (IMO) initial Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction strategy for […]

European shipowners support the proposal for better waste handling Port Reception Facilities

The recently published proposal for a new Directive on Port Reception Facilities is welcomed by ECSA, as it addresses major issues with the current system in place. The new proposal […]

EU budget proposal could support shipowners’ transition to decarbonisation

The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) is positive towards the proposal for the EU budget 2021 – 2027 published earlier this week. Specifically the large increase of the EU budget for Research, Innovation […]

European shipowners welcome the proposed EU trade agreements with Japan and Singapore

The European Commission today presented trade agreements with Japan and Singapore to the Council to eventually be adopted. The European shipowners are very pleased that the first step […]

IMO gives strong signal to the shipping industry to start decarbonizing with full support of ECSA

The environmental committee of IMO decided at its 72th meeting to adopt an initial strategy on the reduction of Green House Gases (GHG) emissions from […]