European Maritime Law Organisation

The European Maritime Law Organisation is holding its 28th Annual Conference - this year in Hamburg - on Thursday evening/Friday. A must-attend event for #shipping,, #admiralty, #transport and #EU #lawyers. It has a brilliant lineup! Eddy De Smijter of the European Commission will lead a great discussion on the #EU #ForeignSubsidiesRegulation. The first session on #sanctions will be led by Fergus Randolph KC of Brick Court Chambers with panellists Robert Magovern of Cozen O'Connor, Leigh T. Hansson of Reed Smith and Daniel Martin of HFW. The second session on #sustainability in #shipping will be led by Markus Schöner of CMS Germany who has done brilliant work in organising the conference. On his panel are Katalin Dobránszky-Bartus, PhD of the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA), Sebastian Ebbing of MPC Container Ships ASA, Michele Francioni Senior VP of MSC Cruises and Captain Wolfram Guntermann of Hapag-Lloyd AG. The third session looks at #competition law at the new European Commission and is led by the brilliant Marjorie Holmes of Reed Smith LLP and she will be joined by the marvellously experienced Matthew Levitt of Baker Botts, Bitten Thorgaard Sørensen who is head of competition at A.P. Moller - Maersk and Markus Schöner of CMS Germany. #AI and #Cybersecurity is the topic of the penultimate panel led by Svante Einarsson of DNV who will be joined by Dr-ing Andreas Freier of DAL, Martin Schoeler CEO of FLETEC and Dr. Philipp Etzkorn of CMS Germany. This promises to be as exciting as it is timely. The final session deals with the big topic of #foreignsubsidies for #ports and will be chaired by Sarah Biontino founding partner of Biontino Europe and she will be joined by Eddy De Smitjer, Daniel Hosseus CEO of the German Shipowners Association, Burkhard Sommer of PWC, Ulf Djurberg of Magnusson Law in Stockholm, Pedro Callol of Callol Coca in Madrid and Robert Macgovern of Cozen O'Connor. All of this is possible by the great work of the entire Council of EMLO - in particular Martin André Dittmer Francesco Munari with the incredible work from Sarah Murray and Tess Bright and the organising committee which has worked for months to put together such a stellar lineup. I just have the lucky job of chairing this great group. The 28th Annual Conference is shaping up to be incredible!! (If you are missing it, join EMLO and make the 29th Annual Conference and all the webinars in between!).

Brilliant analysis of technical, social, financial and other aspects of #sustainability in #shipping led by Markus Schöner of CMS Germany. Really incisive presentations by Katalin Dobránszky-Bartus, PhD of the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) who brought everyone up to date with the new Commissioners-designate and the challenges for the shipping sector. Katalin, a frequent EMLO speaker, was top class as always. Sebastian Ebbing of MPC Container Ships ASA gave a great insight into the practical issues for shipowners and ordering vessels into the type of fuel to be used including the availability of alternate fuels and the alignment of the IMO and EU regimes. He also spoke, fascinatingly, of wind-powered ships. While not popular, nuclear power is still an option. Michele Francioni Senior VP of MSC Cruises who referred to MSC’s 24 cruise liners and 900 container vessels. Michele spoke of the $1.5b challenge in building a cruise liner over the next five years to last another 30 years but which fuel? LNG is a temporary solution. He spoke of MSC’s commitment to doing the right thing. Practical issues on the MSC Euriba sailing from the French shipyard to Copenhagen but when the fuel was available in Denmark so how do you get fuel around the world in a responsible way? It was a riveting presentation. Captain Wolfram Guntermann of Hapag-Lloyd AG - 177 years headquartered in Hamburg - spoke incisively and wittily of how so many topics having to be juggled. He believed the industry is in a good shape. Many ships were designed for 25 knots but are now at 15 knots. He referred to the new bulbous bows as “new nose jobs” for ships. He referred to 24 new orders with LNG fuels. He took some inspiration from the acid rain issues and the work in the World Shipping Council and the ESSF with International Maritime Organization. He also addressed shiprecycling - applying the EU regime and reflagging into the German flag. There is a need for legal certainty. Fabulous presentations and tremendous insights shared with those present in Hamburg.

The European Maritime Law Organisation is holding its 28th Annual Conference - this year in Hamburg - on Thursday evening/Friday. A must-attend event for #shipping,, #admiralty, #transport and #EU #lawyers. It has a brilliant lineup! Eddy De Smijter of the European Commission will lead a great discussion on the #EU #ForeignSubsidiesRegulation. The first session on #sanctions will be led by Fergus Randolph KC of Brick Court Chambers with panellists Robert Magovern of Cozen O'Connor, Leigh T. Hansson of Reed Smith and Daniel Martin of HFW. The second session on #sustainability in #shipping will be led by Markus Schöner of CMS Germany who has done brilliant work in organising the conference. On his panel are Katalin Dobránszky-Bartus, PhD of the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA), Sebastian Ebbing of MPC Container Ships ASA, Michele Francioni Senior VP of MSC Cruises and Captain Wolfram Guntermann of Hapag-Lloyd AG. The third session looks at #competition law at the new European Commission and is led by the brilliant Marjorie Holmes of Reed Smith LLP and she will be joined by the marvellously experienced Matthew Levitt of Baker Botts, Bitten Thorgaard Sørensen who is head of competition at A.P. Moller - Maersk and Markus Schöner of CMS Germany. #AI and #Cybersecurity is the topic of the penultimate panel led by Svante Einarsson of DNV who will be joined by Dr-ing Andreas Freier of DAL, Martin Schoeler CEO of FLETEC and Dr. Philipp Etzkorn of CMS Germany. This promises to be as exciting as it is timely. The final session deals with the big topic of #foreignsubsidies for #ports and will be chaired by Sarah Biontino founding partner of Biontino Europe and she will be joined by Eddy De Smitjer, Daniel Hosseus CEO of the German Shipowners Association, Burkhard Sommer of PWC, Ulf Djurberg of Magnusson Law in Stockholm, Pedro Callol of Callol Coca in Madrid and Robert Macgovern of Cozen O'Connor. All of this is possible by the great work of the entire Council of EMLO - in particular Martin André Dittmer Francesco Munari with the incredible work from Sarah Murray and Tess Bright and the organising committee which has worked for months to put together such a stellar lineup. I just have the lucky job of chairing this great group. The 28th Annual Conference is shaping up to be incredible!! (If you are missing it, join EMLO and make the 29th Annual Conference and all the webinars in between!).

Fantastic first session at the European Maritime Law Organisation annual conference underway! Practical issues relating to #sanctions in #EU, #US and #UK with Fergus Randolph KC, Daniel Martin Leigh T. Hansson and Bob MacGovern!

The European Maritime Law Organisation is holding its 28th Annual Conference - this year in Hamburg - on Thursday evening/Friday. It has a brilliant lineup! Eddy De Smijter of the European Commission will lead a great discussion on the hashtag #EU hashtag #ForeignSubsidiesRegulation. The first session on hashtag #sanctions will be led by Fergus Randolph KC of Brick Court Chambers with panellists Robert Magovern of Cozen O'Connor, Leigh T. Hansson of Reed Smith and Daniel Martin of HFW. The second session on hashtag #sustainability in hashtag #shipping will be led by Markus Schöner of CMS Germany who has done brilliant work in organising the conference. On his panel are Katalin Dobránszky-Bartus, PhD of the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA), Sebastian Ebbing of MPC Container Ships ASA, Michele Francioni Senior VP of MSC Cruises and Captain Wolfram Guntermann of Hapag-Lloyd AG. The third session looks at hashtag #competition law at the new European Commission and is led by the brilliant Marjorie Holmes of Reed Smith LLP and she will be joined by the marvellously experienced Matthew Levitt of Baker Botts, Bitten Thorgaard Sørensen who is head of competition at A.P. Moller - Maersk and Markus Schöner of CMS Germany. hashtag #AI and hashtag #Cybersecurity is the topic of the penultimate panel led by Svante Einarsson of DNV who will be joined by Dr-ing Andreas Freier of DAL, Martin Schoeler CEO of FLETEC and Dr. Philipp Etzkorn of CMS Germany. This promises to be as exciting as it is timely. The final session deals with the big topic of hashtag #foreignsubsidies for hashtag #ports and will be chaired by Sarah Biontino founding partner of Biontino Europe and she will be joined by Eddy De Smitjer, Daniel Hosseus CEO of the German Shipowners Association, Burkhard Sommer of PWC, Ulf Djurberg of Magnusson Law in Stockholm, Pedro Callol of Callol Coca in Madrid and Robert Macgovern of Cozen O'Connor. All of this is possible by the great work of the entire Council of EMLO - in particular Martin André Dittmer Francesco Munari with the incredible work from Sarah Murray and Tess Bright and the organising committee which has worked for months to put together such a stellar lineup. I just have the lucky job of chairing this great group. The 28th Annual Conference is shaping up to be incredible!! (If you are missing it, join EMLO and make the 29th Annual Conference and all the webinars in between!).

One resolution before year end: attend the European Maritime Law Organisation's annual conference! It is on in Hamburg on the evening of Thursday, 7th and during the day of Friday, 8th November. It is a brilliant programme of speakers and an opportunity to engage with everyone at the cutting edge of #maritime, #competition, #FDI, #FSR, #sanctions, #sustainability, #AI, #cybersecurity and #port law in the #shipping world. See https://lnkd.in/er7n6ARg and www.emlo.org.

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SAVE THE DATES! EMLO’s brilliant Annual Conference which will be held this year in Hamburg on 7-8 November 2024 with the conference itself being held on 8 November. Stellar speakers have accepted invitations and details will be posted here shortly so save the date and don't miss it!