Immediately after the end of the General Meeting, the Information and Promotion Meeting (IPM) began – the first since November 21, 2019. The meeting scheduled for March 19, 2020 did not take place due to the lockdown.
The special guest was the secretary general of European Community Shipowners Associations – Mr. Martin Dorsman.
ECSA was founded in 1965 as “Comite des Associations d’Armateurs des Communautes Europeennes” (CAACE) and currently consists of shipowner organizations from the EU / EEA area – Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain , Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia and Sweden.
The main priority areas for ECSA are:
- Climate and Sustainability
- Trade
- Competitiveness
- Internal Market
- Innovation & Digitalisation
- Human Resources
- Safety
- Legal Affairs
- Taxation
- Better Regulation
After Mr. Dorsman’s speech, the Q&A session began, which turned into a broader discussion, which was then continued during a joint dinner on board the “Dar Pomorza”.
