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25 November 2020 The Round Table of international shipping associations pen open letter to Amazon boss Jeff Bezos - 90% of global trade relies on shipping – underpinning success of key retail dates like Black Friday and Cyber Monday - COVID-19 and GHG emissions also...

25 November 2020 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...

The UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) has given initial consideration to an innovative proposal from  the global shipping industry to collectively provide USD 5 billion to accelerate R&D to support its decarbonisation. 20 November 2020 Copenhagen,...

Il Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) dell'IMO, nel corso della riunione virtuale dal 16 al 20 novembre 2020, ha approvato la bozza di nuove norme  obbligatorie  per  ridurre l'intensità di carbonio delle navi esistenti. Di seguito il link al comunicato...

17 November 2020 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...

Nov 16, 2020 London/Washington – As governments come together at the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) to consider important next steps to decarbonise maritime transport, the global shipping industry urgently calls on them to take forward its proposal for...

    In this issue: Learning from accidents involving container vessels; EMSA carries out first remote inspection of Recognised Organisation; Pollution response in Central Med reinforced with M/T Adelia; EMSA annual meetings with the pollution response...

Nov 11, 2020 A new report from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has laid bare the scale of the industry’s decarbonisation challenge. It also sets the scene for governments to back an industry proposal to form a global $5bn R&D fund to de-risk future...