European Shipping Week (ESW) has once again been branded a resounding success with leaders of the global shipping industry and regulators from across the European Union and beyond using the week to meet and discuss issues of mutual concern. An official calendar of 30 high level events was supported … [Read more...]
European Shipping Week Welcomes the World’s Largest LEGO Ship
European Shipping Week will score a significant first today (Weds March 1st) when its flagship conference not only hosts the top echelon from European and global shipping, the European Commission, EU Member States and the European Parliament but also has the world’s largest ship made from LEGO … [Read more...]
Joint industry statement – CLIA Europe, EBA, ECASBA, ECSA, EMPA, ETA, ETF, EuDA, Interferry, WSC
The European shipping industry, represented by the signatories to this statement issued on the occasion of European Shipping Week 2017, welcomes the European Commission’s mid-term review of the EU Maritime Transport Strategy 2009-2018. The industry endorses the emphasis on better regulation. … [Read more...]
New Interferry CEO to make funding call at European Shipping Week
Mike Corrigan, the incoming CEO of global trade association Interferry, is to advocate greater European Union involvement and investment in the ferry sector during an address on the opening day of European Shipping Week, which takes place in Brussels from February 27-March 3. Interferry is hosting … [Read more...]
Incorrect container packing leads to 65% of damaged cargo
European Shipping Week will take place in Brussels from 27 February to 2 March1 and there delegates will focus on the correct packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTUs) and the safety issues that result from poor work practices. The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), … [Read more...]
Former US Ambassador to the European Union to speak at European Shipping Week 2017
Anthony Luzzatto Gardner, former US Ambassador to the European Union and Visiting Fellow at the College of Europe, will be the guest speaker at the European Shipping Week Gala Dinner, to be held on Wednesday 1st March 2017 at the Steigenberger Wiltcher Hotel in Brussels. Ambassador Gardner, who … [Read more...]
Hans Rook confirmed as new chairman of International Port Community Systems Association
The rapidly expanding International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) has named Hans Rook as its new chairman, as of January 2017. Senior adviser at Portbase, the Port Community System (PCS) in the Netherlands, Hans Rook has a wealth of experience and knowledge of the IT and … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
