European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA)

📢 European Shipowners’ priorities 2024-2029 Ahead of the 2024 European elections, ECSA launches its policy priorities for the next five years: ⚓ Climate and energy transition ⚓People-centred green and digital transition ⚓Ship Finance and Competitiveness ⚓Trade Download our priorities ⤵ https://lnkd.in/eBCtKGzs Read the flip-through version⤵ https://lnkd.in/eTENdVMV Read our full statement⤵ https://lnkd.in/eMDH8cDB #shipping #AllHandsOnDeck

As 2024 comes to an end, it is great to see ECSA once again among Lloyd's List Top 10 most influential organisations in ⚓ 🚢 regulation for 2024. This is all thanks to the extraordinary commitment of our team and the great support of our members 💪 💪 💪!   Security and the unprecedented geopolitical uncertainty, the competitiveness of the industry and the energy transition of our economy will shape the policy debate in Brussels and beyond in the upcoming year. European shipping plays a key role in enhancing our continent’s security and can support and benefit from the uptake of clean tech and fuels. This can only be achieved if the European companies, which represent almost 40% of the global fleet, stay internationally competitive.   We know that sometimes the ECSA team can be creatively chaotic, but can turn things around fast 😊. Bit by bit, it can turn ideas born on a napkin, into good new policies.   Cheers to the great ECSA team Katalin Dobránszky-Bartus, PhD, Luisa Puccio, Fanny Lossy, Evina Fotiadou, Marius Dejarnac, Ulrik Alexander Tønnesen, Lasse Qvist, Marleen Orband, Linn Söderpalm and Eurico Ortiga for this achievement! Big thanks to the ECSA Presidency Karin Orsel, Mikki Koskinen and Philippos Philis for their invaluable support! https://lnkd.in/dpXBPXcV

Dialogue is important. This applies to many aspects of life. I imagine most would agree with that statement. And it certainly applies to the workplace, and the European labor market. Employers, unions, governments, and authorities need a continuous dialogue about many crucial labor market issues that affect us all in our daily lives. That is why I am very happy to be spokesperson for EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SHIPOWNER'S ASSOCIATIONS in the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Maritime Transport in Brussels. Not the sexiest name, granted. But the issues we discuss here together with Sascha Meijer representing European Transport Workers' Federation are important. We are talking about skills and training, wellbeing, decent working conditions, decarbonisation, the new Commission’s priorities on maritime transport and much more. I firmly believe that it is important for a strong and socially cohesive Europe that these dialogues are maintained and strengthened. It’s good to talk.

Great discussion with the Minister of Infrastructure of Estonia Vladimir Svet⚓ The Minister visited ECSA for an exchange of views on the strategic role of shipping for European security. Key points of discussion: ➡️ The upcoming European Clean Industrial Deal and the role of shipping ➡️ The need to use the ETS revenues for the uptake of clean fuels and digital technologies to decarbonise the shipping sector ➡️ An internationally competitive European shipping sector is a precondition for a thriving maritime industrial cluster Big thanks to the Minister Vladimir Svet and Counsellor of Maritime and Aviation Tarmo Ots for the visit and the insightful exchange! #AllHandsOnDeck

Meet our #ShippingPeople ⚓ Don't miss the third edition of our CEO Series, bringing insightful interviews with top leaders in the shipping industry 🚢 Meet Torben Carlsen, CEO of DFDS, ECSA Board member and Chairman of Danish Shipping. In this edition, he shares his thoughts on what shipping needs to meet its net-zero goals, and his experience in enhancing diversity in the shipping industry.   Read the full interview here ➡ https://lnkd.in/djJVa4nB Big thanks to Torben Carlsen for sharing his valuable insights with us and to the Danish Shipping for the collaboration! #AllHandsOnDeck

📢 Register Now for the EU Maritime Skills Forum! 📆 When: 21 January 2025, 10:00-16:00 CET 📍 Where: TownHall Europe, Brussels Social partners European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) and European Transport Workers' Federation, supported by the European Commission, are delighted to launch the EU Maritime Skills Forum. As a legacy of the SkillSea project, the Forum will bring together maritime stakeholders, policy makers, and the network of maritime education providers MET-NET to contribute to the development of a comprehensive and sustainable maritime skills strategy. Key topics will include: ➡️ Green skills ➡️ Digital transformation ➡️ Leadership, Mentoring, and Resilience Skills 🔗 Register to the event here: https://lnkd.in/dMuyQ-dU More information and agenda to follow! #AllHandsOnDeck

📢 Time to vote (or Vote for us)!!  ECSA has been shortlisted for the GREEN4SEA Initiative Award 2025 for launching the Clean Maritime Fuels Platform, a key initiative to enhance communication between shipping and fuel producers and to identify common challenges and possible solutions for the green transition ⚓ Thank you SAFETY4SEA for this recognition, which helps us highlight the importance of the uptake of clean shipping fuels for the decarbonisation of the sector. ➡️ Show your support and vote for us here: https://lnkd.in/dtVJ85zj FuelsEurope | eFuel Alliance | EWABA | Hydrogen Europe | Methanol Institute

Check out the latest piece by Reuters on the Green Skills Gap ⚓   We recently sat down with Reuter’s Mike Scott to discuss ECSA’s role in shaping maritime skills development and highlight the need to invest in new skills for the green and digital transition of shipping.   ➡️ 800.000 seafarers need to be upskilled and reskilled by mid-2030 ➡️ Building skills for new vessel technology, fuel types, and safety should remain priority ➡️ Social partners ECSA and European Transport Workers' Federation together with the European Commission will soon launch the EU Maritime Skills Forum to address gaps in training standards and making educational programs future-proof.   Read more: https://lnkd.in/eryBNgNk #AllHnadsOnDeck

Check out the latest piece by Reuters on the Green Skills Gap ⚓   We recently sat down with Reuter’s Mike Scott to discuss ECSA’s role in shaping maritime skills development and highlight the need to invest in new skills for the green and digital transition of shipping.   ➡️ 800.000 seafarers need to be upskilled and reskilled by mid-2030 ➡️ Building skills for new vessel technology, fuel types, and safety should remain priority ➡️ Social partners ECSA and European Transport Workers' Federation together with the European Commission will soon launch the EU Maritime Skills Forum to address gaps in training standards and making educational programs future-proof.   Read more: https://lnkd.in/eryBNgNk #AllHnadsOnDeck

The ECSA Board met in Brussels today⚓ The meeting started with a farewell to C. Thomas Rehder, former ECSA President, who is stepping down from the ECSA Board. Big thanks to Thomas for his outstanding contribution to the European shipping! The ECSA Board had a productive meeting with key points on the Agenda: ➡️ The new European Commission and its new priorities ➡️ The upcoming European Clean Industrial Deal and the role of shipping ➡️ Preparations for the upcoming European Shipping Summit Thank you to our members who joined the meeting in person and online. #AllHandsOnDeck