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Transport associations oppose to EU Consortia Block Exemption Regulation

Organisations representing the main maritime logistics industry stakeholders, as well as EU national maritime authorities, met on February 8 in Paris to discuss about the EU Consortia Block Exemption Regulation. The associations attempted to assess the validity of the BER, which provides the liner shipping industry an exemption from normal competition rules.

Namely, CLECAT, ETA, EBA, EBU, ESO, IWT, ESC, FEPORT and the GSF, all agreed that market developments which took place over the last five...

https://safety4sea.com/transport-associations-oppose-to-eu-consortia-block-exemption-regulation/

ESPO: EU Consortia Regulation should be guidance for all consortia deals

The European Commission has been running a public consultation to prepare the evaluation of the Consortia Block Exemption, which expires on 25 April 2020. The evaluation seeks to determine whether the regulation should be prolonged and, if so, under which conditions. In this regard, ESPO has not taken a stance on whether the Consortia Regulation should expire or be prolonged, but stressed the need for more monitoring of the current situation, in particular as regards the impact on the market...

https://safety4sea.com/espo-eu-consortia-regulation-should-be-guidance-for-all-consortia-deals/

Watch: The goals of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW)

A team of almost 30 global companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain launched the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) earlier in January, committing over $1 billion to advance solutions to eliminate plastic waste, mostly in the ocean environment. In this video, Martin Brudermüller, CEO of BASF, one of the co-founding companies, explains why the alliance is so important for managing plastic waste and promote post-use solutions.

Research by the Ocean Conservancy shows that...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-the-goals-of-the-alliance-to-end-plastic-waste-aepw/

Upgrading from automated to autonomous shipping

Autonomous ship is a marine vessel with sensors, automated navigation, propulsion and auxiliary systems, with the necessary decision logic to follow mission plans, sense the environment, adjust mission execution according to the environment, and potentially operate without human intervention. The maritime industry benefits by autonomous vessels since the latter includes operational efficiency, human error reduction, emission reduction, increased safety, and operational cost reduction.

The idea...

https://safety4sea.com/upgrading-from-automated-to-autonomous-shipping/

How alliances are affecting the container shiping

The International Transport Forum published a report assessing the affect of alliances on the maritime transport chain and its main stakeholders. It also analyses their impacts on competition and what benefits they may bring, as well as policy options for governments.

Alliances have increased a lot in the container shipping, with around 95% of the major East-West container trades covered by carriers that form part of three global alliances. Namely, 2M, Ocean and THE Alliance represent about 80%...

https://safety4sea.com/how-alliances-are-affecting-the-container-shiping/

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