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The European Shippers Council is urging the European Commission not to review the block exemption for liner shipping consortia, in its response to Brussels consultation on the subject. It said that with the changes in economic conditions and because some time has elapsed since the abolition of liner conferences in Europe, the block exemption has fulfilled its purpose, it argues.
Block exemptions are granted by Brussels to consortia and similar groupings ...
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Current secretary general of the European Shippers' Council, Paola Lancellotti, is moving on at the end of two years of service “to take on new personal and professional challenges.” Lancellotti, appointed in April 2012, coordinated the project proposal for he EU funded 'Demonstrator' and refreshed ESC's image for the Golden Jubilee ...
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The European Shippers' Council (ESC) said that the two major shipping alliances – the G6, which announced in early December that it will expand its cooperation to the transatlantic and Asia-North America West Coast and trade lanes and the planned P3 cooperation between Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM would have ...
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The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) and the Asian Shippers’ Meeting (ASM) have agreed to work closer together on a number of international issues that have a major impact on shippers. The agreement came at a joint meeting in Chiang Rai, Thailand on 24 November.
The shippers’ councils agreed that their member ...
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The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) has broadly welcomed the Blue Belt project to reduce red tape on consignments moving by sea in Europe but points out that, if not implemented wisely, it could increase rather than reduce administrative burdens for ships operating within the European Union.
The current proposal would only ...
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The European Shippers’ Council says it is not convinced by the proposed pace of regulatory change in European rail freight in the European Commission’s proposed Fourth Railway Package, In particular, it is concerned that the still-inadequate rail transport services that make European business less competitive and their logistic processes inflexible.
It ...
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The European Shippers Council (ESC) has called for an improvement in information exchange between shippers and shipping lines to tackle the problem of incorrectly declared container weights. The call comes as the International Maritime Organization weights up a mandatory weighing scheme.
ESC insists that a mandatory deadline for the delivery of ...
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The European Shippers Council (ESC) has appointed Paola Lancellotti as its new secretary general, filling a post left vacant by Nicolette Van der Jagt's move to forwarder's organisation Clecat last year. For the past six years Mrs Lancellotti was secretary general to the European Marine Equipment Council and prior to ...
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