ECSA Board meets in Brussels

The Board of ECSA met in Brussels on 26 June, to discuss the issues the European shipping industry is currently working on.

A broad discussion was held about how the industry will work with the incoming European Parliament and European Commission on the broad policy areas that the two EU...

ECSA celebrates the Day of the Seafarer

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25 June is the Day of the Seafarer, an annual global event coordinated by the International Maritime Organisation to recognise the unique contributions made by seafarers to international seaborne trade. ECSA, together with its members, celebrates the immense contributions made by seafarers to European shipping.

The Day of the Seafarer...

ECSA organises workshop on the shipping industry’s interests in the UN negotiations on international ocean governance

The next negotiating round on a new global legally-binding instrument to protect marine diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) will take place in August 2019.

In view of the forthcoming negotiations, ECSA organised a workshop on the subject...

Statement on suspected attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman

Regarding the report about the two tankers that were attacked in the Gulf of Oman this morning, European shipowners are extremely concerned and are working with the authorities to better understand the situation on the ground.
 
ECSA is relieved that the crew is safe and unharmed, except for one...

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...