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  • European Shipping Week welcomes more keynote speakers and panellists

    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 […]

    Published On: January 30, 2015

  • The Council of the European Union backs European Shipping Week

    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 […]

    Published On: January 23, 2015

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

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

     

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

    Published On: January 16, 2015

  • Social partners welcome Council agreement on exclusions of seafarers

    Social partners welcome Council agreement on exclusions of seafarers

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    ECSA and ETF, the European Social Partners in the field of Maritime Transport, welcome the agreement (General Approach) reached yesterday […]

    Published On: December 11, 2014

  • Shipowners welcome revamped EU anti-piracy naval mission that will run until 2016

    Shipowners welcome revamped EU anti-piracy naval mission that will run until 2016

    EU Member States have decided to extend the mandate of the EU anti-piracy naval mission off the coast of Somalia both in terms of scope and duration. EU Navfor […]

    Published On: November 27, 2014

  • All eyes on IMO as Europe moves ahead with CO2 monitoring regime for ships

    All eyes on IMO as Europe moves ahead with CO2 monitoring regime for ships

    EU co-legislators reached an informal agreement last week on the Commission proposal for a Regulation on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of CO2 emissions of maritime […]

    Published On: November 24, 2014

  • European Shipowners launch ESSF sulphur survey

    European Shipowners launch ESSF sulphur survey

    European shipowners have launched a survey to monitor the economic impact of the 0.1% sulphur requirements for shipping in the European Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs), which are due to enter into force on 1 […]

    Published On: November 5, 2014

  • European Shipowners Call for Free Transport of International Cargo between Chinese Ports

    European Shipowners Call for Free Transport of International Cargo between Chinese Ports

    The 11th Implementation Meeting of the China-EU Maritime Transport Agreement, hosted by the Water Transport Bureau of the Chinese Ministry of Transport, was held in Haikou from 20 to […]

    Published On: October 31, 2014

  • European Shipping Week receives patronage of the European Parliament

    European Shipping Week receives patronage of the European Parliament

    European Shipping Week has been granted the European Parliament’s official patronage by its President, Mr Martin Schultz. Both the European Commission and the European Parliament have now actively expressed their support for […]

    Published On: October 27, 2014

  • European ports reform: making the most of the EU’s capabilities

    European ports reform: making the most of the EU’s capabilities

    European shipowners have been closely following developments on the Commission’s third attempt to liberalise market access to port services and improve the financial transparency of ports. Throughout the legislative process, the […]

    Published On: October 23, 2014