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Press Release. Shippers and Forwarders Meet DG Competition

AUTF Press Release: French shippers are raising alarm over the disruption of the maritime market (in French)

Désorganisation du marché maritime : les chargeurs français tirent le signal d’alarme. Depuis fin 2019, les chargeurs français ont cumulé les situations de crise en […]

ESC – CLECAT Press Release

ESC and CLECAT urge carriers to switch to a ‘new normal’ as current practices slow economic recovery of European businesses.

Press Release: ESC and GSA appeal to authorities to facilitate crew changes

Drewry-ESC joint press release, 20 May 2020

European Shippers’ Council and Drewry conducted an annual shipper survey about shippers’ satisfaction with container lines’ services. The results show that in 2019 container shipping […]

Joint PR: Supply Chain Stakeholders Alert President Von der Leyen about their Disapproval of the Consortia BER Extention

CLECAT, ETA, ESC, ETF and FEPORT, on behalf of thousands of European freight forwarders, tug owners, shippers and port companies and terminals and transport workers, […]

ESC and CLECAT joint recommendations in the wake of COVID-19 at loading and unloading sites

ESC and CLECAT reach out to drivers, road hauliers, logistics service providers, consignors, and consignees to work together to diminish the impact of COVID-19 at […]

Joint Press Release – 2020/01 – Stakeholders in the Maritime Logistic Supply urge the Commission to proceed to a proper objective evaluation of the Consortia BER

CLECAT, ETA, EBU, ESC, FEPORT, GSF, GSA and UIRR representing users of liner shipping services and service providers of the maritime logistics chain (hereafter, the […]

Press Release – 2019/11 – European shippers reject an extension of the current BER without changes

The current Consortia Block Exemption Regulation, in place since 2009, doesn’t provide any instruments to deal with the current market drivers and has serious consequences […]

ESC & Drewry announce an IMO 2020 BAF transparent indexing mechanism

Drewry and the ESC have defined and published a simplified BAF indexing mechanism and bunker charge guide to help shippers monitor and control bunker charges […]

Joint press release – 2019-09 – Ambitious Horizon Europe

We, the undersigned 93 European associations representing key European research & innovation stakeholders, hereby urge the EU Institutions to make research, development and innovation (RD&I) […]

Joint press release – 2019-09 – Logistics Emissions

Given the increasing urgency to step up decarbonisation efforts in the logistics sector, European shippers and freight forwarders are committed to logistics emissions footprinting and […]

Joint press release – 2019-04 – Survey in container transport

The level of satisfaction concerning container carriers among exporters, importers, and freight forwarders falls marginally, according to the third annual shipper satisfaction survey of Drewry […]

Press release – 2019-03 – Block Exemption Regulation

European Shippers’ Council states that the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (BER) that is currently under the revision of the European Commission has not contributed to […]

View from behind as a red tugboat pulls a massive merchant vessel around in a narrow harbor channel, with loading cranes in the background.

Joint press release – 2019-01 – Maritime Single Window

CLECAT, ECSABA, ESC, EMPA, ESPO, FEPORT & IPCSA welcome focus on data harmonisation and existing reporting channels. However, we caution against the creation of an […]