World Shipping Council

WSC

The World Shipping Council (WSC or the Council) is a non-profit trade association representing the liner shipping industry.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Annika Kroon (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)

30 Oct 2025 · Upcoming Commission maritime initiatives and outcome of the IMO MEPC ES

Meeting with Matthias Petschke (Director Taxation and Customs Union)

2 Oct 2025 · Exchange of views on current issues and potential solutions in relation to data protection rules for the shipping industry in the context of the Port Alliance

Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and

1 Jul 2025 · Strategic Dialogue on the EU Port Strategy

Meeting with Matthias Petschke (Director Taxation and Customs Union) and

5 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on possible improvements to the functioning of the Trade Contact Group

Meeting with Pietro Fiocchi (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Mar 2025 · tematiche di inquinamento ambientale

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Community Shipowners' Associations

25 Mar 2025 · Pellets Regulation

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

6 Mar 2025 · Pellets Regulation

Meeting with Annika Kroon (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)

9 Jan 2025 · The meeting focused on WSJ’s analysis on the decarbonisation transition of the shipping sector

Meeting with Ana Vasconcelos (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

2 Dec 2024 · Accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services 2023/0266(COD)

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Nov 2024 · Austausch

Meeting with Tom Berendsen (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Nov 2024 · Shipping

Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Nov 2024 · Maritime policy, sustainability

Meeting with Rosa Serrano Sierra (Member of the European Parliament) and Alstom

18 Nov 2024 · Priorities for European Commission 2024-2029

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2024 · General exchange on current maritime topics

Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

10 Sept 2024 · Decarbonization of international shipping

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

10 Sept 2024 · Discuss priorities for the decarbonisation of international shipping, both within the upcoming Commission mandate and at the IMO in view of the revised green house gas strategy adopted there in 2023

Meeting with Roxana Lesovici (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

2 May 2024 · WSC’s Policy Priorities for the European Commission’s new mandate

Meeting with João Albuquerque (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

8 Apr 2024 · Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

7 Nov 2023 · Reform of the Union Customs Code

Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean), Roxana Lesovici (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

20 Sept 2023 · World shipping summit

Meeting with Liliane Karlinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

11 Jul 2023 · CBER review

Meeting with Liliane Karlinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

3 Jul 2023 · Review Consortia Block Exemption Regulation.

Meeting with Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

28 Feb 2023 · Consortia Block Exemption Regulation

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

20 Dec 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

18 Oct 2022 · Competition policies

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

14 Oct 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Cruise Lines International Association

5 Jul 2022 · Sjöfartsfrågor

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

20 Jun 2022 · Sjöfartsfrågor

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

26 Apr 2022 · Sjöfartsfrågor

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and

8 Feb 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Andrey Novakov (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

24 Nov 2021 · EU ETS

Meeting with Roxana Lesovici (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

19 Nov 2021 · Meeting to discuss the evolutions of the maritime sector.

Meeting with Roxana Lesovici (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

18 Feb 2020 · Decarbonisation for shipping

Meeting with Claes Bengtsson (Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager)

15 May 2019 · Competition Policy

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

15 May 2019 · C-BER