European shipping welcomes the approval by the European Parliament of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

On April 27, 660 MEPs voted in favour of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation agreement

After the prior assent of EP foreign affairs and trade committees, on April 27 the European Parliament has finally approved the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation agreement with 660 votes in favour, just four days...

ECSA webinar | EU Ship Recycling Rules: carrot, stick or illusion?

ECSA webinar | EU Ship Recycling Rules: carrot, stick or illusion? 

Co-hosted by MEPs Jens Gieseke (EPP) and Søren Gade (Renew)

Date: Wednesday 5 May 2021
Time: 12:00 - 13:30 CET
Venue: Online

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ECSA welcomes recognition of the shipping industry as a transitional sector in sustainable finance package

The European Commission adopted today a Sustainable Finance package with the aim of improving the flow of investments towards sustainable activities and hence using financial instruments to make Europe climate neutral by 2050. ECSA welcomes that the European shipping industry has been recognised under the Taxonomy as a transitional sector...

Joint ETF-ECSA Statement on the recognition of seafarers as key workers

Trade unions and employers associations in the maritime industry – both at international and EU level - have been calling on States throughout the Covid-19 pandemic to recognise seafarers as ‘key workers’. This to ensure their travel is facilitated, thereby making crew changes, repatriations and medical assistance possible. They...

Panama Canal Authority postpones planned price hike following calls from shipping industry

14 April 2021, Singapore - The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that it will postpone price increases on canal transit fees which were due to come into effect tomorrow.

The announcement follows a joint letter sent by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA)...

ECSA-ETF: EU shipping needs to attract and retain more women

The European social partners for Maritime Transport, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), continue to advocate the enhanced participation of women in European shipping. On International Women’s Day, they are launching a survey that will help them determine the current state of women’s...

EU shipowners welcome Parliament’s call for a comprehensive approach under FuelEU Maritime

The Transport Committee of the European Parliament adopted today the Delli Report on more efficient and cleaner maritime transport. The Report calls on the Commission to address under the FuelEU Maritime initiative not only the carbon intensity of fuels but also the technical and operational measures which would improve the...

ECSA: European shipping is central to the success of EU's new trade strategy

With the launch of the European Commission's Trade Policy Review published last week, the EU is setting a new course for a stronger role in the new global context.

"Shipping accounts for 76% of the EU’s external trade so the value of shipping to the European economy cannot be underestimated,"...

EU shipowners call for fund coupled with targets for fuel suppliers to decarbonise shipping

The European Commission should address fuel suppliers by introducing sub-targets to make low- and zero carbon fuels available for shipping and by increasing the multiplier for renewable fuels used in the maritime sector under the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). A fuel standard as a requirement for ships instead of fuel...

Joint Statement: Recovery and Resilience Facility | Transport keeps us going forward

On 9 February, the European Parliament endorsed the agreement on the Proposal for a Regulation establishing a Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). With a budget of EUR 672.5 billion, the RRF is the EU’s main instrument to recover from the crisis caused by COVID-19.

While being hit hard by the...