A forum of shippers, freight forwarders and port service providers have slammed the high-handedness of the EC for including an extension of the consortia block exemption regulation (BER) for liner shipping in its 2020 work programme to the European parliament.
The “done deal” for a four-year BER extension was included in the EC’s communication to the European parliament on 29 January, under Annex 11 item 27, which it justified as continuing …
European shippers have warned that they intend to fight on against the European Commission’s plans to extend the block exemption from EU competition rules, which allows liner shipping groups to form consortia.
The commission had already indicated in November that it was favourable to a four-year extension of the exemption, but the shippers and their allies claim that in including plans to extend the exemption in its newly published work programme, it has taken no account of the objections they...
https://container-news.com/european-shippers-anger-at-ecs-liner-block-exemption-extension/
The liner shipping industry’s block exemption from EU competition law has come under renewed attack from the sector’s customers and suppliers.
A joint submission from freight forwarding association CLECAT, port operator group FEPORT, rail group UIRR, barge operators’ association EBU and shipper representatives Global Shippers Forum and European Shippers Council calls on the EC to reconsider extending the Block Exemption Regulation (BER) until April 2024.
“Not only has the commission largely...
https://theloadstar.com/shippings-customers-and-suppliers-demand-ec-rethinks-ber-extension/
Given the increasing urgency to step up decarbonisation efforts in the logistics sector, European shippers and freight forwarders are committed to logistics emissions footprinting and reduction. ESC and CLECAT stand for a universal methodology to calculate emissions from logistics operations, provided by the GLEC Framework, and support upgrading it into an ISO standard. However, this should remain a voluntary initiative led by the industry.
CLECAT and ESC actively contributed to the LEARN...
Diez de las principales organizaciones europeas e internacionales representantes de los actores integrados a la logística marítima se han unido en un manifiesto que reclama a la Comisión Europea poner punto y final al reglamento de las alianzas entre navieras. Estas empresas se benefician de una exención de la legislación de Competencia de la UE que les facilita establecer estos acuerdos, el denominado Reglamento de Exención por Categorías (BER, por sus siglas en inglés), que expirará el 25 de...
Las principales organizaciones del sector portuario europeo han acogido con satisfacción el informe Clune adoptado por la Comisión de Transportes de la Eurocámara como base para el futuro reglamento de la ventanilla única marítima europea. En un comunicado conjunto, Clecat, Ecasba, Esc, Empa, Espo, Feport e Ipcsa creen que el enfoque del informe sobre la armonización de datos “es el correcto y conducirá a la simplificación de las formalidades exigidas a los buques”.
Sin embargo, se oponen a la...
http://elvigia.com/los-puertos-aplauden-el-informe-clune-para-la-ventanilla-unica-maritima-europea/
Brussels 11 January 2019 – Adoption of the Clune Report on European Maritime Single Window Environment:
CLECAT, ECSABA, ESC, EMPA, ESPO, FEPORT & IPCSA welcome focus on data harmonisation and existing reporting channels. However, we caution against the creation of an EU Level Access Point Interface.
The above mentioned organisations welcome the adoption by the European Transport and Tourism Committee of the Clune Report on the draft Regulation for a European Maritime Single Window Environment.
We...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/11/european-maritime-single-window-environment-regulation/