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  • EU – Africa summit an opportunity to highlight piracy

    EU – Africa summit an opportunity to highlight piracy

    The social partners of the maritime transport sector, ECSA (European Community Shipowners’ Associations) and ETF (European Transport Workers’ Federation), have issued a joint statement ahead of the EU-Africa summit, which takes place […]

    Published On: April 2, 2014

  • Europe remains global fleet’s flagship

    Europe remains global fleet’s flagship

    “Although shipping has seldom been in the limelight, it never ceased to play a substantial role in Europe’s economy” commented Patrick Verhoeven, ECSA Secretary General on today’s release of the Oxford Economics study on the economic […]

    Published On: April 2, 2014

  • Shipowners support Commission in extension of liner consortia block exemption

    Shipowners support Commission in extension of liner consortia block exemption

    The European Community Shipowners Associations (ECSA), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the World Shipping Council (WSC)  replied on Friday 28 March to a public consultation launched by the Commission […]

    Published On: March 31, 2014

  • Maritime community calls for a more judicious approach on the circulation of 45-foot containers

    Maritime community calls for a more judicious approach on the circulation of 45-foot containers

    The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and the Federation of Private Port Operators (FEPORT) have issued today a joint letter urging […]

    Published On: March 20, 2014

  • EU Ports policy: time-out not an excuse to wind down efforts

    EU Ports policy: time-out not an excuse to wind down efforts

    MEP Knut Fleckenstein, the rapporteur on the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on Market access to port services and financial transparency of ports announced today that the legislative procedure […]

    Published On: March 13, 2014

  • CO2 emissions from ships: a call to reason

    CO2 emissions from ships: a call to reason

    The European Commission issued a proposal last June for a Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Regulation of CO2 emissions from ships calling at EU ports, which lays […]

    Published On: March 12, 2014

  • Shipowners’ hopes dashed over LNG infrastructures

    Shipowners’ hopes dashed over LNG infrastructures

    “Shipowners’ hopes for decisive action with regard to LNG refueling points have been shattered” said Patrick Verhoeven, ECSA Secretary General.

    “While the […]

    Published On: March 11, 2014

  • Low sulphur norms: action needed at the eleventh hour

    Low sulphur norms: action needed at the eleventh hour

    Priorities must be set to smoothen the introduction of low sulphur norms in Northern Europe: establishing a fair level playing field is one of them. With the 1 January 2015 deadline elapsing […]

    Published On: March 7, 2014

  • EU Maritime security: a coming-of-age story

    EU Maritime security: a coming-of-age story

    In the recent years, the EU has incrementally increased its efforts to stem piracy, a phenomenon that has plagued the shipping industry for the better part of the last decade. The wide array of tools […]

    Published On: March 6, 2014

  • West African piracy should be nipped in the bud

    West African piracy should be nipped in the bud

    “Ideally, events such as this one should not be necessary” said MEP Anna Rosbach, host  of a maritime piracy photography exhibition organized in the European Parliament by ECSA and the Danish Shipowners’ […]

    Published On: March 4, 2014