Shipping industry proclaims European Shipping Week a total success

Last week’s inaugural European Shipping Week (ESW) has been heralded a massive success with the cream of shipping’s decision-makers rubbing shoulders and networking with officials from the European Commission, European Parliament and […]

Joint industry statement on the mid-term review of the EU’s Maritime Transport Policy

In June 2014, the Council invited the European Commission to present a mid-term review of the EU’s Maritime […]

Updated study highlights the economic importance of shipping

At a press conference today, ECSA presented the results of a recent update of the Oxford Economics study on the economic value of the EU shipping industry, which highlights the industry’s important contribution […]

Commissioner Bulc meets shipowners in Antwerp as a prelude to European Shipping Week

“From up there it all makes sense” commented European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc following a helicopter flight above the […]

Intermanager and ECSA to hold seminar on migrants at sea during European Shipping Week

Intermanager and ECSA have taken the initiative to organise a seminar on the escalating humanitarian crisis involving migrants at sea during the upcoming European Shipping Week. Commission officials, MEPs […]

Three more confirmations for European Shipping Week

Kaspars Ozoliņš, State Secretary of the Latvian Ministry of Transport, Nikolaos Tsakos, CEO and Director of Tsakos Energy Navigation EU and Chairman of INTERTANKO […]

Guy Verhofstadt to address shipowners and EU officials at ECSA gala dinner

Mr Guy Verhofstadt, former Belgian Prime Minister and leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), […]

European Shipping Week welcomes more keynote speakers and panellists

Adam Goldstein, President and COO of Royal Caribbean Cruises, Pierfrancesco Vago, Chairman of CLIA Europe and Executive Chairman of MSC Cruises, and Paolo Tonon, Vice-President and Head of Maersk Technology join an […]

The Council of the European Union backs European Shipping Week

The Presidency of the Council of the European Union has granted official patronage to the forthcoming European Shipping Week (ESW) which will be held in Brussels during March 2‐6, 2015. This support joins […]

Top shipowners and regulators line up to speak at flagship European Shipping Week conference

Violeta Bulc, European Transport Commissioner, will join the heads of the European and Global shipping industry as speaker […]