ECSA applauds UN resolution on seafarers as key workers and supports IMO call for priority vaccination

On behalf of the whole European shipping industry, ECSA welcomes the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, calling for all countries to designate seafarers and other maritime workers as key workers, to implement relevant measures to allow stranded seafarers to be repatriated and others to join ships, and...

Image Line Communications appointed to implement the Women in Shipping priority actions

ECSA and the ETF are happy to announce that they have appointed ‘Image Line Communications’ as the lead agency to support them with the implementation of the priority actions identified in their joint declaration of intention on the enhanced participation of women in EU shipping.

The ECSA–ETF WESS project...

ECSA highlights crucial role of shipping as vector of global trade in its contribution to EU Trade Policy Review

On behalf of the European shipping sector, ECSA is pleased to submit its contributions to the European Commission's Trade Policy Review.

Launched earlier in June, the European Commission is conducting a major review of the EU's trade policy to build a fresh outlook for the years ahead. This will respond...

Download the 2020 update of the 'Economic Value of the EU Shipping Industry' by Oxford Economics

Launched earlier in February during the 2020 European Shipping Week 2020, ECSA has produced a more comprehensive publication of the latest figures on European shipping by Oxford Economics.

"We are producing a more detailed version of this study, in view of the current challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic," said...

Shipping's open letter calls for EU measures on prompt predictable disembarkations for persons rescued by merchant vessels

Dear President Von der Leyen, Dear Vice President Schinas,
Dear Commissioner Johansson, Dear Commissioner Vălean,

Open Letter: Shipping industry calls on Commission to ensure the EU Migration Pact is complemented by measures to ensure merchant vessels are guaranteed prompt and predictable disembarkations for persons rescued at sea by merchant vessels

We write...

Transport sector calls for an EU framework on the governance of B2B data

Representatives from the road, air, maritime, rail, manufacturing and logistics sectors call on European decision makers to adopt an EU framework on the governance of business-to-business (B2B) data that ensures a level playing field for all partners in the digital economy.

Following recent innovations, the transport sector relies increasingly on...

Open Letter: Shipping industry calls for action to ensure prompt and predictable disembarkations for persons rescued at sea by merchant vessels

Dear President Von der Leyen, Dear Vice President Schinas,
Dear Commissioner Johansson, Dear Commissioner Vălean,

Open Letter: Shipping industry calls for action to ensure prompt and predictable disembarkations for persons rescued at sea by merchant vessels

We are writing on behalf of the European and International Shipowners’ Associations and...

24 September, World Maritime Day: UN Event on Crew Change Crisis

A special online event will be organised on World Maritime Day this Thursday, 24 September 2020, in the opening week of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, specifically on the current worldwide crew change crisis.

The event, jointly organised by the IMO, the ILO, the UNGC, the ICS...

EU’s 2030 climate target: ECSA publishes study on implications of EU ETS for shipping

With the European Commission announcing an increased climate target for 2030 and aiming to extend the EU's Emission Trading System (EU ETS) to the shipping sector, ECSA is publishing its joint study with the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) on the "Implications of application of the EU Emissions Trading System...

EP proposal for shipping without impact assessment risks regulatory patchwork and international trade tensions without delivering climate objectives

ECSA regrets a decision of the plenary today in the European Parliament to draft a proposal to include shipping under the EU’s Emission Trading System (EU ETS). This proposal has been put forward before a thorough impact assessment had been carried out, and under an unrelated piece of the legislation...