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Concerns expressed to MEPs over Rail Recast Package
11-05-2012 -
ESC Maritime Transport Council Chairman loses his last fight
10-05-2012 -
32 billion Euro for transport
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ESC appoints a new Secretary General
20-04-2012 -
Green Freight Europe gets European Commission approval
29-03-2012 -
ESC reactions to the FMC’s Study of the 2008 Repeal of the Liner Conference exemption from EU Competition Law
22-02-2012 -
The continuing threat to shipping and cargo from acts of piracy
09-02-2012 -
ESC mourns the loss of Rail Freight Council Chairman following tragic accident
10-01-2012 -
European Initiative for a new CO2-monitoring programme gathers momentum
12-12-2011 -
ESC comments on agreement between MSC & CMA CGM
06-12-2011 -
ESC's Customers' Charter goes Green to address Sustainable Shipping
30-09-2011 -
ESC welcomes Time-definite services launched by Maersk Line
15-09-2011 -
ESC welcomes agreement in IMO but opposed to fuel levies on GHG emissions in shipping
20-07-2011 -
Postpone new low sulphur fuel regulation or risk major shift to road freight, warns ESC
15-07-2011 -
Ringing in the changes: European Shippers’ Council supports drive for new business models
08-06-2011 -
EMS Forum welcomes announcement Dutch government to allow EMS vehicles
20-05-2011 -
Shippers largely welcome Commission’s ambitious Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area
28-03-2011 -
ESC elects new Chairman
24-03-2011 -
Shippers warn: Piracy is not a local issue but a global concern for all
25-02-2011 -
ESC urges shippers to take a more proactive role in air freight
11-02-2011 -
ESC opens debate on the "grey box" concept
22-11-2010 -
How to deliver sustainable business models for future rail freight services
12-11-2010 -
ESC welcomes Commission decision on Air Price Fixing Cartel
10-11-2010 -
ESC warns knee-jerk reactions from air cargo security regulators could be counter-productive
05-11-2010 -
European single wagon-load rail freight service threatens to implode on itself and shippers
24-10-2010 -
European Council agreement will not sustain the ‘greening of transport’
18-10-2010 -
ESC welcomes proposals to eliminate anti-trust immunity for carriers in the US
27-09-2010 -
ESC welcomes Recast First Railway Package
17-09-2010 -
LOGSEC project launched to improve understanding of logistics and supply chain security
23-04-2010
News
The continuing threat to shipping and cargo from acts of piracy
- Thursday, 09 February 2012
It is with grave concern that the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) views the continuing problem of piracy affecting cargo ships.
Representing shippers in Europe, many of whom use shipping to transport their cargo through the high risk areas, a year on from our last press statement on this issue, the ESC remains alarmed by the latest figures released by the ICC's International Maritime Bureau. Although figures show a decreasing number of piracy attacks, the damage done is still unacceptably high.
ESC's Chairman of the Maritime Transport Council, Jean-Louis Cambon, has said on the matter, "The ESC believes that the protection of shipping from piracy – regardless of flag, or the nationality of the crew – is a clear and legitimate responsibility for governments under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The European Shippers’ Council urges governments around the world to uphold their responsibilities in the enforcement of the Convention, protection of their flags, and to cooperate and assist together fully in protecting all merchant shipping in their territorial waters".
He concluded, "The impacts of piracy are not just on the seafarers; they are not just local; they are global."
See "The continuing threat to shipping and cargo from acts of piracy - A position paper' on the e-library for the full paper
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The European Shippers’ Council represents the freight transport interests of some 100,000 companies.