Parliament ETS report undermines global work on CO2 emissions of shipping

The Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament adopted today its report on the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). MEPs agreed on a compromise text for shipping, which puts pressure on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to have a system comparable to ETS operating for global shipping...

Ports Regulation – a stepping stone for genuine motorways of the sea

The European Parliament adopted today a report on the Regulation establishing a framework for the organisation of port services and financial transparency of ports presented by the rapporteur MEP Knut Fleckenstein.

The proposal was originally put forward in 2013 but stalled due to the European Parliament elections in 2014 and...

ECSA's open letter to ICS on the IMO CO2 roadmap

The International Maritime Organisation reached a number of important decisions on ship emissions at its 70th MEPC meeting end of October. Most significantly, it agreed on a roadmap to develop a comprehensive strategy to curb CO2 emissions from international shipping.

This result is in no small part due to the...

Social Partners ask Commission to amend seafarers’ “Bill of Rights”

The European Social Partners in the maritime transport sector - European shipowners (ECSA) and European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) are requesting the European Commission to amend the Social Partners’ Agreement Directive on seafarers’ right to decent conditions of work. The Directive adopted in 2009 reflected the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO)...

European Shipping Week 2017 welcomes keynote speakers and panelists

European Shipping Week 2017 (ESW2017) is pleased to announce its line-up of high level industry speakers at its flagship conference to be held at Steigenberger Wiltcher’s Hotel in Brussels, on Wednesday 1st March 2017.

Moderated by Julian Bray, Editor-in-Chief of Tradewinds, the flagship conference will attract up to 400 top...

Africa in mind – shipping makes its business case

European shipowners organised an event in the European Parliament on 29 November where logistics and regulatory challenges and opportunities in Africa were discussed with speakers and panelists with experience and knowledge of the region. Speakers at the event include the United Nations Committee on Trade and Development, representatives of the...

Operation Atalanta continues to keep the coast of Somalia safe

ECSA welcomes the European Council’s decision of 25 November to extend the mandate of Atalanta, the European Union’s counter-piracy operation along the East African coast.

“The two-year mandate extension comes at the right moment”, said ECSA Secretary General Patrick Verhoeven, “Pirate attacks on merchant ships have been significantly reduced over...

Africa and shipping – a mutually benefiting cooperation

Cruise lines and European shipowners welcome the revision of port reception facilities directive

The Cruise Lines International Association Europe (CLIA Europe) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) welcome the revision of the European directive on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues. Whereas the directive has produced positive effects since its entry into force, there are however a number of...

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