New forum for container shipping competition
November 17, 2017
Shippers in Europe and other parts of the world have frequently expressed concerns about the […]
CO2 emissions in maritime
October 30, 2017
Shipping emissions are predicted to increase between 50% and 250% by 2050 . The European […]
Rastatt incident: way forward
October 30, 2017
Following the Rastatt incident, the meeting of experts organised by the Commission Directorate General for […]
TIACA summit and developments in air cargo sector
October 30, 2017
“Breakthroughs in air cargo quality assessment will help cargo users better select the best suppliers”, […]
Capacity problems at big airports
October 30, 2017
In recent weeks there has been a lot of attention to full freighter operations being […]
Benelux collaboration on customs
October 13, 2017
6 October 2017, Brussels, the Benelux Union organised a conference for the customs authorities and […]
ESC meets Director-General for Mobility and Transport
October 13, 2017
ESC Chairman Denis Choumert, Secretary General Nik Delmeire, and Policy Director Godfried Smit paid a […]
Planning international rail capacity
October 13, 2017
ESC would like to share with you the information kindly provided by our partners in […]
ESC developments in rail
October 13, 2017
In the Autumn 2016 and Spring 2017, ESC organised two joint workshops with railways to […]
ESC at the Rail Market Place Seminar
October 13, 2017
14-15 September 2017, Duisburg, ESC voiced its position at the Market Place Seminar, an annual […]
Conference: Belt and Road Initiative
October 11, 2017
23 November, 2017, Bruges, the European Shippers’ Council, with the support of the Global Shippers’ […]
Conference: Belt and Road Initiative
October 3, 2017
23 November, 2017, Bruges, the European Shippers’ Council, with the support of the Global Shippers’ […]
Winter capacity constraints at Amsterdam airport
October 3, 2017
Amsterdam Schiphol airport will have air traffic capacity constraints in the coming winter. Rogier Spoel, […]
Shippers demand transparency in air freight
October 3, 2017
European shippers demand their air cargo providers to be transparent on their consignments. ESC Policy […]
Chinese customs and international trade
October 3, 2017
With the development of the Chinese initiative One belt One Road that involves a lot […]
Customs asking shippers to pay more guarantees
September 18, 2017
ESC together with the other associations, such as CLECAT and IRU, has asked the European […]
Sustainability as a KPI in Air Freight
September 18, 2017
Sustainability is gaining importance in different transport modes. For the air freight, is it essential […]
Hong Kong Block Exemption Regulation
September 17, 2017
ESC expresses its disappointment with the Block Exemption Regulation (BER) for vessel sharing agreements (VSA) […]
ESC and Drewry
September 17, 2017
This year has seen a lot of changes in the maritime sector that have had […]
Hong Kong and ASEAN to collaborate on trade
September 1, 2017
ESC welcomes the closer collaboration between Hong Kong and ASEAN countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, […]
How Brexit may affect supply chains
September 1, 2017
Supply chains during the first months after Brexit day are predicted to become unreliable. If […]
CLECAT on Mobility Package and joint liability
September 1, 2017
The European Commission has published its ‘Mobility Package’ at the end of May 2017 which […]
Rail freight services disruption in Germany
September 1, 2017
As a result of a landslide in Germany in mid-August, the railway line between Karlsruhe […]
Meeting DG Competition on Container Capacity Crunch in Maritime
June 30, 2017
As announced previously in several publications, ESC called for the meeting with the relevant European […]
ESC delegation and CEOs of rail infrastructure companies in Sopron
June 30, 2017
On 13 June 2017, the European Shippers Council was invited to address the CEOs of rail […]