Overview
Lobbying Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Financial year: Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
World Shipping Council (WSC)
EU Transparency Register
32416571968-71 First registered on 07 Jul 2009
Goals / Remit
The World Shipping Council (WSC or the Council) is a non-profit trade association representing the liner shipping industry. WSC members carry over 90% of the world’s containerized trade and a substantial share of the world’s roll-on/roll-off cargoes. Through its permanent office in Brussels established in 2007, the World Shipping Council partners with the European Union to improve understanding of the liner shipping industry and to help shape the future growth of a sustainable, safe and secure shipping industry. The office is involved in the development of new regulations to enhance cargo safety and security, the facilitation of legitimate maritime commerce and supply chains, effective liner shipping competition policy and the shipping industry's green fuel transition and progress towards zero emissions. The WSC also has representative offices in Washington D.C. and Singapore.
Main EU files targeted
- EU Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy.
- EU Green Deal Policy impacting shipping and energy supply (EU ETS, FuelEU Maritime, AFIR, RED, EU Taxonomy).
- Implementation and reform of the Union Customs Code including cargo security.
- EU Sanctions Policy
- Implementation of the EU Maritime Single Window Regulation 2019/1239/EC
- Evaluation of the EU Maritime Consortia Block Exemption Regulation No 906/2009
- Draft Regulation on electronic freight transport information COM/2018/279 final - 2018/0140 (COD)Address
Head Office
80 M Street, SE Suite 460
Washington D.C. 20003
UNITED STATESEU Office
Rond-Point Robert Schuman 9
Brussels B1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 28 Sep 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Damian VICCARS 30 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023 Mr James CORBETT 29 Sep 2022 28 Sep 2023 Ms Anna LARSSON 29 Sep 2022 28 Sep 2023 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
International Chamber of Shipping
United States Council for International BusinessMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
500,000€ - 599,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount baker botts (belgium) limited liability partnership 25,000€ - 49,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name sec newgate eu baker botts (belgium) limited liability partnership Closed year Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Trade Contact Group#E02134#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2134 #Member #C#Industry#CPG 002 - ICS 2.0 Functional Requirements / Specification and Transition Feasibility Project Group#E03500#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3500 #Member #C#Industry#High Level Steering Group for Governance of the Digital Maritime System and Services#E03450#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3450 #Observer #C#Professionals#Cooperation group on Places of Refuge#Digital Transport and Logistics Forum#E03280#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3280 #Member #C#Industry#e-transport documents#corridor cargo flows
Groups (European Parliament)
SEARICA
Other activities
The permanent office's activity is focused on the development of EU cargo security regulations, EU competition law and EU Green Deal policy relating to the liner shipping industry as well as other EU level transportation and trade issues.
Recent WSC Responses to EC public consultations:
1. Inception Impact Asessement on a Proposal for a Regulation establishing an EU Single Window environment for customs (4 May 2018 - 1 June 2018)
2. Evaluation of Consortia Block Exemption Regulation:
- Joint Comments with ECSA and ICS on the European Commission's Evaluation Roadmap for the review of the consortia block exemption regulation. (4 June 2018). ( https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2018-2422025_en )
- Joint Submission with ASA, ECSA and ICS on the Review of the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (20 December 2018)
-Supplementary WSC Submission 14 March 2019
( https://ec.europa.eu/competition/consultations/2018_consortia/index_en.html )
3. EU Green Deal Consultations:
- WSC Response to the EC FuelEU Maritime – Inception Impact Assessment Consultation (23 April 2020).
- WSC Response to the EC FuelEU Maritime - Public Consultation (1 September 2020).
- WSC Response to the EC Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Directive 2014/94/EU - Inception Impact Assessment
Consultation (4 May 2020).
- WSC response to the EU Climate Law 2030 - Public Consultation (22 June 2020).
- WSC Response to the EC Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Directive 2014/94/EU - Public Consultation (29 June
2020).
- WSC Response to the Renewable Energy Directive 2018/2001 - Inception Imapct Asessment Consultation (21
September 2020).
4. Inception Impact Asessement - EU Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy (28 July 2020)
Meetings
Meetings
8 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 20 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject World shipping summit Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Roxana Lesovici (Cabinet member)
- Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jul 2023 Location online Subject Review Consortia Block Exemption Regulation. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Liliane Giardino-karlinger (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Consortia Block Exemption Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Oct 2022 Location online Subject Competition policies Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Nov 2021 Location Conference call Subject Meeting to discuss the evolutions of the maritime sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Roxana Lesovici (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Decarbonisation for shipping Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Roxana Lesovici (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 May 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Competition Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Claes Bengtsson (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 May 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject C-BER Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)