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  • ECSA elects Thomas Rehder as new President

    ECSA elects Thomas Rehder as new President

    Gallery matte-7Thomas Rehder has been elected as the new President of the European Community Shipowners’ Associations, with Niels Smedegaard, President and CEO of DFDS, […]

    Published On: December 5, 2013

  • Commission ban on Georgian seafarers lifted

    Commission ban on Georgian seafarers lifted

    The European Commission decided on 25 November 2013 to lift a three-year ban it had imposed on Georgian seafarers.This decision comes after the withdrawal of the STCW* recognition of Georgian seafarers’ […]

    Published On: November 28, 2013

  • TRAN Committee votes on LNG refueling points and shore side electricity

    TRAN Committee votes on LNG refueling points and shore side electricity

    748a3 xfotoP20CarloP20perP20SitoP20FDI jpg pagespeed ic kbIQPYdk 7The Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament adopted yesterday (with 30 to 7 votes […]

    Published On: November 27, 2013

  • Armed protection not a substitute for military presence

    Armed protection not a substitute for military presence

    ECSA and ICS (the International Chamber of Shipping) have jointly produced an overview of the situation in Flag States worldwide with regard to the legal requirements for the use of Private Armed Guards. […]

    Published On: November 26, 2013

  • Commission launches formal investigation probe into liner companies’ practices

    Commission launches formal investigation probe into liner companies’ practices

    The European Commission has opened formal antitrust proceedings against several container liner shipping companies in order to ascertain whether they have been engaging in concerted practices, which would be in breach of EU antitrust […]

    Published On: November 22, 2013

  • European Union and IMO gear up for debate on CO2 emissions of shipping

    European Union and IMO gear up for debate on CO2 emissions of shipping

    In the coming months, the European Parliament is set to have a debate on the Commission’s proposal on establishing an EU system for monitoring, reporting and verifying (MRV) […]

    Published On: November 21, 2013

  • TEN-T/Connecting Europe: MEPs give the green light

    TEN-T/Connecting Europe: MEPs give the green light

    Today, during the European Parliament’s Plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs endorsed a deal with Member States on the EU’s new Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), a new funding instrument that aims to speed up […]

    Published On: November 19, 2013

  • E-Maritime to play pivotal role in Commission’s upcoming strategy for logistics in Europe

    E-Maritime to play pivotal role in Commission’s upcoming strategy for logistics in Europe

    At a conference on the future of logistics in Europe, which took place in Brussels last week, the European Commission announced that it intends to publish a framework […]

    Published On: November 14, 2013

  • And Then There Were None: Rapporteur Fleckenstein proposes to exclude pilotage and dredging from Ports Regulation

    And Then There Were None: Rapporteur Fleckenstein proposes to exclude pilotage and dredging from Ports Regulation

    The Draft report of MEP Knut Fleckenstein, the rapporteur on the European Commission proposal for a Regulation on Market access to port services and financial […]

    Published On: November 12, 2013

  • ECSA welcomes vote on Maritime Spatial Planning in Parliament

    ECSA welcomes vote on Maritime Spatial Planning in Parliament

    The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) adopted on 05 November, with 32 votes in favour, 7 against, 0 abstentions, a draft report by rapporteur Gesine Meissner (ALDE, FDP, Germany) on […]

    Published On: November 8, 2013