Fourth session of the Technical Commission Mare Nostrum will be held on Tuesday 7 October 2014, with the beginning at 11 am in Split, in the premises of the Croatian Ship Registry, which will discuss the upcoming 67th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee, MEPC, and the draft of the European Parliament and Council regulation on greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport, MRV Regulation.
Ms. Maja Markovčić Kostelac the Director of Mare Nostrum, spoke to today on Committee for Maritime Safety ITF session which was held today in Dubrovnik. Ms. Markovčić Kostelac expressed concern over the increasing administrative pressure on the shipowners and seafarers which arises from a wide variety of international and regional regulations.
"The regulations that were adopted in order to raise the level of navigation safety and the protection of the marine environment are beginning to produce the opposite effect of diverting the attention of our commanders from identifying and solving real security threats to administrative tasks," pointed out Ms. Markovčić-Kostelac, and urged the ITF and Seafarers' Union of Croatia to cooperate in an effort to stop this trend. "We as a social partners in many issues might disagree, but I believe that we could agree and advocating uncompromised but reasonable and knowledgeable approaches to safety, security and environment protection and at the same time rise our voice of concern in respect of growing administrative burden to shipping. "
65th session of the Mare Nostrum Assembly was held today in Dubrovnik with participation of Members of the Assembly, its director, deputy minister of the Maritime affairs, transport and infrastructure Mr. Zdenko Antešić and Minister's Assistant Mr. Igor Butorac. The work of the Assembly was attended by Mr. Patrick Verhoeven, general secretary of the ECSA. In his address Mr. Verhoven greeted the association of Mare Nostrum to ECSA, and presented the current activities of this important Organization.
The Assembly decided that Mare Nostrum will be represented in the ECSA Governing Commitee by the Assembly President and director of Mare Nostrum, while the deputy will be the deputy President of the Assembly.
In his address to the Assembly, Mr. Butorac presented the basic elements of the Maritime Development Strategy and the upcoming legislative activities.
The Assembly adopted a program draft for subsidizing trainees which will be submitted to the responsible Ministry of the Maritime Affairs. Based on the program, 180 trainees are expected to be boarded on Croatian shipping company ships in the next 2 years, for which the State Budget is to ensure 6.5 mil. HRK.
The Assembly further discussed draft amendments to the Maritime Code, as well as European maritime regulations that are in discussion before the bodies of the EU. The shipowners also discussed the value of vessels built in the Croatian shipyards that are unreasonably low priced on the shipping market compared to the actual quality and operational value of the vessels.
As this is a perceptual issue with unfortunately serious economic effects, efforts will be made jointly and separately in touch with brokers on the gradual change of this evaluation, as to outline the actual characteristics of the vessels, their operational qualities, maintenance costs, etc. with a final purpose to objectively valorize the ships.
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On January 1, 2024, Mrs. Ivona Anić Miklec took over the position of director of the Croatian Association of Shipowners Mare Nostrum. Under the leadership of the director, the association will continue to be a responsible social partner in collective negotiations with unions and will promote the interests of Croatian shipowners before all competent bodies of state administration and local and regional self-government, as well as before competent bodies at the international and EU level. In the coming period, the association will strongly support its members in the digital and green transition of their business on the way to sustainable shipping. The association will work on strengthening its identity and cooperation with related associations, as well as strengthening the position of Mare Nostrum under cover of its European family - the European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA).
The Croatian Shipowners' Association Mare Nostrum organized an educational seminar on the subject of EU ETS on December 19, 2023, where the keynote address was given by Mr. Dino Kučić, specialist in fuel procurement and sustainable development - EMS/EnMS manager at Croatia Airlines.
The 123rd session of the Assembly was held on Monday, December 11, 2023, in the premises of the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure in Zagreb. The session was attended by six members of the Association, and the guest of the session was Cap. Siniša Orlić.
On Thursday, September 28, 2023, the 120th session of the Assembly was held in the premises of Tankerska Plovidba in Zadar. The session was attended by nine members of the Association, and the guest of the session was a representative of the Agency for Coastal Line Maritime Transport.
Europan Shipping Summit was held in Brussels on 19-20 September 2023. Strategic importance of shipping and seafarers for the EU economy and security was emphasized as it transports more than 72% of the EU's external trade and secures the supply of essential goods such as food, energy, pharmaceuticals and raw materials. European shipping represents almost 40% of the global fleet. Important aspects of the green transition in shipping were discussed, such as low and zero carbon shipping, clean fuels, innovative technologies, vessel designs, as well as how adequate ship finance is key for implementation of sustainbility and achieving green transition and climate objectives.
On June 29, 2023, in the morning hours in Rijeka, on the premises of Jadrolinija, the Collective Agreement was signed for seafarers on ships that carry out transportation in coastal shipping.
The Vice President of the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butković, President of the Jadrolinija Board David Sopta, representatives of the Croatian Shipowners' Association Mare Nostrum, representatives of trade union partners and other esteemed guests were present at the ceremonial signing of the Agreement.
The signatories of the agreement are the Croatian Shipowners Association Mare Nostrum, the Croatian Seamen's Union and the Independent Croatian Passenger Ship Seamen's Union.
On Thursday, May 18, 2023, the 118th session of the Assembly of the Croatian Shipowners' Association Mare Nostrum was held at the premises of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce in Pula.
The meeting about the Supervision of Croatian ships in foreign ports by port state inspectors was held on April 4, 2023.
From 1 January 2023, Croatian Shipowners’ Association Mare Nostrum is a full member of the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA).
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