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  • European Shipping Week 2015 date is announced

    European Shipping Week 2015 date is announced

    The week of March 2-6, 2015 has been chosen as the date for the inaugural European Shipping Week when shipping industry leaders from Europe and around the world will […]

    Published On: September 15, 2014

  • Slovak candidate Šefčovič nominated as next Transport and Space Commissioner

    Slovak candidate Šefčovič nominated as next Transport and Space Commissioner

    At a press conference earlier today, European Commission President-Elect Jean Claude Juncker presented his team of Commissioners and unveiled his plans for several structural reforms.

    Published On: September 10, 2014

  • Announcing the European Shipping Week 2015

    Announcing the European Shipping Week 2015

    ESWShip owners and shipping industry leaders have joined forces with global event organiser Shipping Innovation to launch the inaugural European Shipping Week (ESW) to be held in Brussels in […]

    Published On: July 30, 2014

  • ECSA looks forward to fruitful EU-US trade negotiations

    ECSA looks forward to fruitful EU-US trade negotiations

    EU and US negotiators are meeting this week in the context of the sixth Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations round. Negotiators from both sides are debating an ambitious agenda that should, […]

    Published On: July 16, 2014

  • Cutting red tape in shipping: a far cry from stated intentions

    Cutting red tape in shipping: a far cry from stated intentions

    The European Commission recently released a report on the progress made towards simplifying administrative formalities for ships calling EU ports.

    In 2009, the European Commission had produced a maritime […]

    Published On: July 8, 2014

  • Time and tide wait for nobody: Shipowners and ports call for scrubber clarifications

    Time and tide wait for nobody: Shipowners and ports call for scrubber clarifications

    Following the plenary meeting of the ESSF (European Sustainable Shipping Forum) last week, European shipowners and port authorities urgently call for the clarification of the rules pertaining to […]

    Published On: June 30, 2014

  • Commission extends Liner Consortia Block Exemption Regulation until 2020

    Commission extends Liner Consortia Block Exemption Regulation until 2020

    The European Commission announced today that the validity of EU rules, which exempt liner shipping consortia that have a market share of up to 30% from EU antitrust rules, will be extended […]

    Published On: June 24, 2014

  • Maritime security strategy: Shipowners call for more action on piracy and streamlining of port security measures

    Maritime security strategy: Shipowners call for more action on piracy and streamlining of port security measures

    European shipowners are calling for the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers to endorse a joint European Commission/European External Action Service (EC/EEAS) Communication, which outlines global […]

    Published On: June 19, 2014

  • Implementation of the EU Sulphur Directive must be harmonised and realistic

    Implementation of the EU Sulphur Directive must be harmonised and realistic

    Today is the deadline by which EU Member States have to transpose the European Sulphur Directive into national legislation. With the entry into force of the new European sulphur rules […]

    Published On: June 18, 2014

  • Avoiding the iceberg: EU shipowners’ recommendations for an EU Arctic policy

    Avoiding the iceberg: EU shipowners’ recommendations for an EU Arctic policy

    The legal regime for trans-Arctic shipping is complex and consists of the framework laid down in UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of […]

    Published On: June 4, 2014