The European Commission has just released its ‘FuelEU Maritime – Green European Maritime Space’ initiative to bring the maritime sector in line with the European target of reaching climate neutrality by 2050. Their initiative highlights that…
Brussels, Geneva, 8 July 2021 – European and global forwarders’ associations call on OECD governments to prevent tax avoidance and ensure a level playing field for all stakeholders in the maritime supply chain. / CLECAT and FIATA, respectively, the…
July 8 marks the day the European Parliament adopted the Mobility Package one year ago, which sets out new rules on professional drivers’ working conditions in EU freight and passenger road transport. The new EU rules were adopted with the purpose of…
Dockers never stopped. The Covid-19 pandemic showed the vital importance of dockers to our society. Dockers have a key role in the supply chain – without port workers, the essential goods and medical supplies would have stopped arriving in our ports.…
Erstmals Vereinbarung von „Women in Rail“ („WiR“) zur Erhöhung des Frauenanteils in EU-Eisenbahnverkehrsunternehmen • Europäische Transportarbeiter-Föderation (ETF) und Gemeinschaft der Europäischen Bahnen und Infrastrukturgesellschaften (CER)…
On 30 June, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), representing railway sector employers, and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF), representing railway workers, reached a provisional agreement in the final…
Start der Impf-Kampagne im Hamburger Hafen / VDR und Seemannsmission fordern Impf- Zentren in allen deutschen Häfen / Landgang und Reisen ermöglichen / Dank an Seefahrer / Mit vielen anderen Institutionen begehen der Verband Deutscher Reeder (VDR)…
On 25 June, the Day of the Seafarer, more than one million seafarers are out at sea, keeping global supply chains intact, just as they are every other day of the year. On this day, the European Commission pays tribute to their work, which often means…
This year’s Day of the Seafarer IMO campaign continues to encourage governments to support seafarers amid the pandemic and recognise them as key workers but also focuses on the future, calling for a fair future for seafarers. This pandemic has…
We spoke to Prabhat Jha, CEO and Group Managing Director, MSC Shipmanagement about how the global health crisis has affected seafarers and what MSC has done to support their health and wellbeing. / When you sit at the table eating your breakfast…
