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  • 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

  • Former ECSA President Hans Jakob ‘Jack’ Kruse passed away

    Former ECSA President Hans Jakob ‘Jack’ Kruse passed away

    fto jackkruseHans Jakob Kruse, one of the icons of the container shipping industry, passed away earlier this week at the age of 84. Mr Kruse, popularly […]

    Published On: February 7, 2014

  • Arctic shipping: future prospects depend on regulation and economics

    Arctic shipping: future prospects depend on regulation and economics

    The ambition to develop an Arctic ‘silk route’ to connect European or North American ports with Asia is by no means a novelty. Changing climate conditions have reduced the number of months […]

    Published On: February 6, 2014

  • Shipowners look to IMO for next steps on CO2 file

    Shipowners look to IMO for next steps on CO2 file

    Members of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee agreed yesterday on a compromise position on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of CO2 emissions from maritime transport, […]

    Published On: January 31, 2014

  • Increasing the attractiveness of maritime careers in Europe

    Increasing the attractiveness of maritime careers in Europe

    In the last decade the shipping industry has on several occasions warned against an impending shortage of qualified labour on board EU-flagged ships. The relative attractiveness of the seafaring profession has steadily decreased […]

    Published On: January 30, 2014