EMSA Executive Director addresses ECSA in Lisbon

The Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), Ms Maja Markovčić Kostelac, addressed ECSA's Safety & Environment Committee (SEC) on 28 May 2019 in Lisbon.

"The role of EMSA is to work on the technical aspects of the policy decisions taken by the European Commission,"...

The European Community Shipowners’ Associations visits EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta

Meeting reiterates: threat of piracy not eradicated off the Horn of Africa.

On 23 May, ECSA’s Maritime Security Working Group met with the EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta at their operation headquarters in Rota, Spain.  

Representing the European shipping industry, the ECSA delegation met with the EU NAVFOR's team...

ECSA marks the European Maritime Day 2019

20 May is the European Maritime Day.

The Maritime Day was established in 2008 by the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission as part of the EU Maritime Policy to raise the awareness of the seas and their importance.

This year, the annual event will be held over...

New survey from ICS and ECSA paints positive picture for seafarer internet access

A new survey from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) reveals that not only is internet access for seafarers for personal use on board ships more widespread and available than previously imagined, but also that the positive benefits associated with this access outweigh...

ECSA wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

ECSA wishes its members, stakeholders and relations a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2019.

The ECSA secretariat will be closed on 24, 25 and 26 December.

European shipowners are pleased with the extension of the EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia

ECSA welcomes the Council’s decision to extent the mandate of the EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia until 31 March 2019. Operation Sophia is part of the EU's comprehensive approach to migration and aims to disrupt the business model of human smuggling and trafficking networks in the Southern Central Mediterranean and prevent...

EU legislators reach solid agreement on the new Directive on Port Reception Facilities for the delivery of waste from ships

Last week, representatives from the Presidency of the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission reached a provisional agreement on the proposal for the new Directive on Port Reception facilities.  

“This agreement is an important step towards the further safeguarding of the marine environment, the working space...

Shipping Industry Urges European Commission to Extend the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation

Four trade associations representing the international liner shipping industry today submitted comments to the European Commission supporting extension of the EU consortia block exemption regulation (“BER”) for an additional five years beyond its current 2020 expiration date. 

The papers were submitted in the public consultation being held by the Commission’s...

The shipping industry and the European Independent fuel suppliers welcome the European Parliament’s support to incentivize the uptake of low-carbon and carbon-free alternative fuels and to remove disparities in energy taxation

On 25 October the European Parliament adopted its report on The deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels in the EU which pointed out that taxation has a major impact on the price competitiveness of alternative fuels and underlined that a technology neutral approach should be adopted to create a level...

European shipowners pleased with the signature of the EU-Singapore trade agreement

The EU and Singapore signed landmark agreements during last week’s Asia-Europe summit. “European shipowners welcome the fact that the EU and Singapore show their commitment to free, fair and rules-based trade at a time that protectionism is on the rise”, said ECSA’s Secretary General Martin Dorsman, “The EU-Singapore FTA text...