Year: 2017 and earlier

114 posts

Posting of workers

Transport services will be excluded from the scope of the Posting of Workers Directive. They will be dealt with in the Mobility Package legislation. However, […]

CO2 emissions in maritime

Shipping emissions are predicted to increase between 50% and 250% by 2050 . The European Shipper’s Council has been always favouring a global approach to […]

Rastatt incident: way forward

Following the Rastatt incident, the meeting of experts organised by the Commission Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) and chaired by Deputy Director […]

Capacity problems at big airports

In recent weeks there has been a lot of attention to full freighter operations being pushed from Schiphol Amsterdam airport. There will be a drop […]

Benelux collaboration on customs

6 October 2017, Brussels, the Benelux Union organised a conference for the customs authorities and representatives of the organised trade. The aim of the meeting […]

Planning international rail capacity

ESC would like to share with you the information kindly provided by our partners in the rail transport mode, the RailNetEuope and Forum Train Europe, […]

ESC developments in rail

In the Autumn 2016 and Spring 2017, ESC organised two joint workshops with railways to agree on a joint agenda to boost the competitiveness and […]

ESC at the Rail Market Place Seminar

14-15 September 2017, Duisburg, ESC voiced its position at the Market Place Seminar, an annual rail freight event, co-organized by the International Union of Railways […]

Conference: Belt and Road Initiative

23 November, 2017, Bruges, the European Shippers’ Council, with the support of the Global Shippers’ Alliance and together with the College of Europe are organising […]

Conference: Belt and Road Initiative

23 November, 2017, Bruges, the European Shippers’ Council, with the support of the Global Shippers’ Alliance and together with the College of Europe are organising […]