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EuDA @ European Shipping Summit 2025
Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels

19 – 20 March 2025

The European Shipping Summit (ESS) 2025 is a two-day event organised by the European Shipping Industry.

This year, ESS 2025 will bring together policy & decision makers with industry leaders and stakeholders from the broader European maritime cluster, including its supply chain, environmental organisations, seafarers and other maritime workers. The European Shipping Summit will be the first major maritime event after the newly formed European Parliament and European Commission.

This event is a joint initiative of the EU shipping associations representing all shipping segments.

The two-day event will feature 12 thematic sessions on day one and the flagship conference on day two. The ESS 2025 will engage with the new MEPs and Commissioners and discuss the main challenges ahead of Europe and global shipping industry.

The discussions are structured around 3 pillars:

International Competitiveness of European Shipping and Security
Investing in Clean Shipping Fuels and New Technologies
Reskilling and Upskilling the Maritime Workforce

EuDA will intervene in two sessions:

Welcome Session 09:30-10:30
Industry - Towards a competitive EU maritime industrial strategy.

Co-organised by ECSA - European Community Shipowners’ Association, SEA Europe - European Shipyards & Maritime Equipment Association and EuDA – European Dredging Association.

Overall description:
The new Commission is fully aware of the new global challenges facing the European maritime industries and is rising to the challenge by bringing in new initiatives under the EU Maritime Industrial Strategy. The Strategy will aim at improving the European maritime industries’ competitiveness and regaining their edge against competitors heavily distorting global markets.
Closing Session 14:30-15:30
People - Decarbonisation Beyond Technology: The Power of Human Action.

Co-organised by EMPA - European Maritime Pilots Association, EuDA – European Dredging Association, and ETA - European Tugowners Association.

Overall objective:
The transition to low-carbon port operations requires more than just technological advancements—it also requires a shift in human behaviour, infrastructure design and operations. This workshop explores the pivotal role of behavioural change and infrastructure design in reducing emissions and enhancing sustainability within port operations. The workshop will also present the ongoing work of the Greenport Alliance project, which is specifically aimed at exploring the impact of behavioural changes and identifying learning strategies for such change.

The programme of this session will soon be available.

For the full information on the two-day event, please visit: European Shipping Summit 2025.

2024 EuDA Annual Conference at Stanhope Hotel Brussels
“Making Waterborne Infrastructure Projects Sustainable.”

21 November 2024

Following the global commitments taken in 2015 in Paris and the increased awareness of the need to take immediate action, many initiatives have been taken by International Organizations and Institutions to tackle the most pressing negative externalities from economic activities around the world. Among these externalities, we find the various forms of pollution in the air, water or soil including noise pollution. If left untackled in the medium to long term, these pollutions can further harm nature and degrade its systems, through eutrophication, acidification, climate change.

Besides these environmental aspects, sustainable development approaches integrate social and societal as well as economic dimensions. In the EU, on the one hand, major disruptions in supply chains were caused by the COVID pandemic and highlighted the crucial role played by waterborne transport system and the strategic necessity to keep it fully functional. On the other hand, the war in Ukraine emphasised the danger of overdependence on too few energy suppliers. Offshore energy infrastructures are therefore considered more and more strategic for Europe’s energy independence as well as for the greening of its energy blend.

The OECD and the European Commission have taken key initiatives that aim at improving the sustainability of waterborne (transport and energy) infrastructure projects. At global level, the OECD Blue Dot Network proposes a voluntary framework to promote quality infrastructure projects around the world. Under the Green Deal, the EU has developed a regulatory framework for sustainable finance targeting the ‘green transition’ of industrial activities and companies towards sustainability. In this framework the EU imposes mandatory annual reporting on the sustainability performance of companies. Under the Green Taxonomy, the EU also specifies criteria for classifying the level of sustainability of economic activities as well as the progress in their green transitioning. As these initiatives target the financing of infrastructure projects, key players in the financial markets will be asked to present their views.

In the 2024 EuDA Annual Conference, representatives from the OECD and the European Commission will make keynote addresses in which they will present their initiatives to improve the sustainability of waterborne infrastructure projects as well as their state of play. A panel discussion will then follow with representatives from the Banking, the Insurance and the Financial Audit Industries, as well as representatives from an Environmental NGO and the Dredging Industry who will discuss these initiatives and exchange their views based on their current experience and future expectations regarding the economic activities involved in waterborne infrastructure projects. The floor will then be opened for meaningful exchanges with the audience.

Conference Overview:

Conference Opening

Mr Marc Van den Broeck – EuDA Chairman

Conference Moderation

Mr Paris Sansoglou – EuDA Secretary General
Short introduction of the conference theme and speakers

Keynotes Addresses

Voluntary Global Framework: The OECD Blue Dot Network (BDN)

Presentation of the OECD Blue Dot Network (functioning and state of play)

Mr Edwin Lau – OECD Head of Blue Dot Network Secretariat Presentation

EU Mandatory Framework: The Green Taxonomy

Presentation of the Green Taxonomy in the context of Sustainable Finance (functioning and state of play)

Mrs Claudia Olazábal – European Commission, DG ENV Head of Unit on Fresh Water Management Presentation

Speakers

Exchange of views from key Actors on the Blue Dot Network and the Green Taxonomy

Banks

Mrs Ann-Christin Stucke - Sustainability Expert in Sustainability Team of ABN AMRO Corporate Bank Presentation

Financial Auditors

Mr Gijs de Graaff – KPMG Partner Sustainability Reporting & Accounting Advisory Services Presentation

Dredging Contractors

Mrs Jiska Verhulst – Sustainability Director, DEME Presentation

Open Floor Discussion (Approx. 15 – 20 min)

View the Conference Programme and the Conference Key Messages in detail.

2023 EuDA Annual Conference at Stanhope Hotel Brussels
“Blue Economic Actors and Assets, Critical to deliver Europe’s Open Strategic Autonomy”

21 November 2023

Following the global confinement due to the COVID pandemic and subsequently the war in Ukraine, Europe faced in a three-year period major disruptions of its supply chains and realised that many sectors of its economy, including the strategic ones, were too dependent on only few supplying nations, which do not necessarily share Europe’s core values.

To enable its economic growth, Europe needs to safeguard its supply chains, in particular, its most strategic transport assets and accesses to resources, and to further expand its geopolitical diversification. Within the strategic assets and cornerstones of Europe’s global supply chain, waterborne transport infrastructures play a critical role. This was widely and repeatedly recognised during the recent crises. Therefore, with its Open Global Gateway, Europe intends to reinvigorate and secure its main multimodal trade routes, hubs and flows.

Europe still has a global competitive advantage in building, operating and maintaining waterborne transport infrastructures. However, over the past decade, this European leadership has been progressively weakened and is now even under threat by the relentless and determined use of unfair trade practices. Non-EU State-owned Enterprises (non-EU SoEs) are the spearheading instruments used by some nations to fulfil their economic and geopolitical ambitions. This ‘aggressive’ use of economic power and resources to deliberately weaken and progressively eliminate competition in targeted markets is also known as hybrid warfare. When the stage of economic dependence is reached, the home country’s influence is significantly increased in the area.

In 2019, Europe realised that its relationship with China was multifaceted:

“China is, simultaneously, in different policy areas, a cooperation partner […],
a negotiating partner […], an economic competitor […], and a systemic rival […].
The tools and modalities of EU engagement with China should also be differentiated […].”

When addressing unfair trade practices, there is no silver bullet and the only effective approach is through a strategic toolbox of “differentiated” but complementary trade instruments. Since 2019, Europe has built new legislative instruments and equipped itself with trade tools to defend its internal market and its industries against the toxic effects of these practices.

During our 2023 Annual Conference, representatives from the European Commission, Academia and Industry presented their views on these multipronged threats to Europe as well as the corresponding initiatives to adequately counter them: Economic Security, Foreign Subsidies Regulation and the Open Global Gateway. They exchanged their views on their respective strategies and the way to fill the remaining gaps. The floor was opened for lively and meaningful exchanges with the audience.

Conference Overview:

Welcome and Opening

• Mr Kees van de Graaf
EuDA Vice-Chairman

Opening Keynote Speech

• Trade Aspects of Europe’s Open Strategic Autonomy
Mr Denis Redonnet
European Commission Deputy Director General for Trade
European Chief Trade Enforcement Officer

Blue Economic Actors and Assets, Critical to deliver Europe’s Open Strategic Autonomy

• Moderation: Ms Eleonora Catella, Business Europe Deputy Director for International Relations

New Forms of Competition Distortions

• Presentation on the Concept of Economic Security
Prof. Dr Cind Du Bois Presentation
Royal Belgian Military Academy, Head of the Chair of Economics

EU Policy Instruments

• Presentation on EU Strategy on Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR)
Ms Silvia Selandari Presentation
European Dredging Association, Director for Trade Affairs

• Presentation on EU’s Global Gateway
Mr Lénaïc Georgelin Presentation
European Commission, DG INTPA Sustainable Transport and Urban Development

Feedback from the Field

• Presentation on European Dredgers’ Challenges Inside and Outside Europe
Mr Paris Sansoglou Presentation
EuDA, Secretary General

Closing Keynote Speech

• Way Forward for the Construction Contractors
Mr Karel De Gucht
Former European Commissioner for Trade
Belgian Minister of State and
President of the VUB Institute for European Studies

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EuDA @ European Shipping Summit
Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels
EuDA Session on “Maritime transport, enabling Europe’s open strategic autonomy through the Global Gateway”

19 September 2023

The European Shipping Summit (ESS) 2023 is a two-day event organised by the European Shipping Industry bringing together European and international policy-makers and regulators, representatives of the maritime sector and its supply chain, NGOs, seafarers and maritime workers to promote the industry, to reaffirm the industry’s importance for Europe, to highlight the industry’s most pressing issues and to discuss the possible ways forward, including related policies and regulations. The ESS’s engaging industry sessions and high-level dialogues are taking place on the 19-20 September 2023 at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, 9 rue du Musée, 1000 Brussels.

During the European Shipping Summit, EuDA is organising a session on the Global Gateway to reflect on the importance for Europe of its waterborne transport network and on the need to preserve this network from external threats, like the ones posed by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). China uses the BRI as a long-term commercial and political framework to take or increase control over key markets, infrastructures, and resources worldwide. Often, this framework’s objectives conflict with European interests around the world.

In order to foster the European open strategic autonomy and to respond to the BRI, the European Union has launched the Global Gateway to boost smart, clean and secure links in, among other sectors, transport systems across the world. The Global Gateway aims to mobilise up to €300 billion in investments between 2021 and 2027.

This session will focus on the European companies active in shipping, ports and dredging, playing a key role in building Europe’s open strategic autonomy, and on the role of the Global Gateway in maintaining and developing these maritime transport sectors.

Speakers:

• Ms Kathleen Van Brempt
Hounourable Member of the European Parliament
The importance of the European maritime cluster

• Mr Sergio Oliete Josa Presentation
Head of Unit of Sustainable Transport at DG INTPA - European Commission
The Global Gateway Enabling European Strategic Autonomy in Maritime Transport

• Mr Alan Lievens Presentation
Chairman - European Dredging Association
The enabling role of the dredging industry in the Global Gateway

View the Session Programme

Information on the whole event (sessions, conference, lunch, dinner) can be found at European Shipping Summit 2023.

2022 EUDA Annual Conference at Sofitel Brussels Europe
“The European Green Deal: How to deliver on the environment, the society and the economy?”

23 November 2022

Some global environmental challenges, such as climate change and environmental degradation are posing existential threats to both Europe and the world. In response to this situation, the EU has made it its top priority to address the most pressing environmental challenges: climate change (reduce greenhouse gases emissions and boost climate change adaptation), unsustainable use of resources (biological, energy, water, spatial), continuous increase of pollution (reduce it in the air, water and soils) and waste (further apply circular economy principles). The EU aims at rebalancing the environmental pillar out of the three sustainability pillars by integrating coordinated political and legislative initiatives under the flagship umbrella of the EU Green Deal. The Green Deal, with amongst other its Green Taxonomy Regulation, Strategy on Adaptation to Climate and Sustainable Procurement Strategy, has the potential to become a global ‘game changer’.

If properly implemented, the Green Deal is a potential global ‘game changer’. Therefore, the EU has also integrated these objectives into its new growth strategy to incentivise the acceleration of a sound transition towards sustainability. This transition will help the European economic activities to tackle their negative externalities on the environment. To be successful, this transition should at the same time provide the European sustainability champions with major opportunities to grow. The most potent incentives are financial and the EU is currently developing the Green Taxonomy Regulation, that will allow financing flows to better target and stimulate ‘green’ economic activities in the EU but also around the world. Under the Green Deal, the EU has developed and is implementing amongst others a Strategy on Adaptation to Climate and a Sustainable Procurement Strategy.

These initiatives create a powerful supply ‘push’ on the financing side of the European economy, ideally complemented for even more effectiveness with an equally powerful demand ‘pull’ that would align the policy objectives under the Green Deal.

Representatives from the European Society, the European Commission and the European Industry will exchange their views and share their respective strategies on how implementing the Green Deal can deliver results for the environment, for society and for the economy. The floor will also be opened for discussions with the audience.

Programme Overview:

09:30 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 12:00 Conference
12:00 - 12:30 Cocktail
12:30 – 13:30 Networking Luncheon
14:00 – 16:00 EuDA Annual General Meeting (for Members only)

Conference Overview:

Moderation:

• Mr Paris Sansoglou
European Dredging Association
Secretary General

Speakers:

• Ms Julie Emmrich Presentation
World Green Building Council, Sustainable Finance Lead
Green Taxonomy within the EU Green Deal

• Ms Elena Visnar Malinovska Presentation
European Commission, DG CLIMA, Head of Unit for Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change
EU strategy on adaptation to climate change (with a focus on waterborne infrastructures) within the EU Green Deal

• Ms Anna Lupi Presentation
European Commission, DG GROW, Legal & Policy Officer on Sustainable Public Procurement Strategy
European Commission’s Sustainable Procurement Strategy for (waterborne) transport infrastructures within the EU Green Deal

• Ms Karin De Schepper Presentation
Inland Navigation Europe - INE, Secretary General
How can the waterborne infrastructure sector deliver results for the Green Deal (for the environment, for society and for the economy) ?

View the Conference Messages and the Conference Programme in detail.

EuDA Internal Workshop on
“EU Emissions Trading System & Other ‘Fit For 55’ Initiatives For Dredgers”

Wednesday 16 February 2022, 10.00 Via Ms Teams

European Shipping Week 2020
EuDA’s Brainstorming Workshop
“Trade Defence Instruments for Services or Enforcement of State Aid Regulations to all non-EU State-owned Enterprises ?”

Monday 17 February 2020 – The Hotel, Brussels

Public procurement accounts for 15-20% of global GDP and represents a substantial portion of the EU economy and of many other economies around the world.

Transport infrastructures, including waterborne infrastructures represent a significant portion of EU public procurement. The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), for instance, which is a key EU funding instrument for investing in infrastructures, has allocated €23.7 billion out of €30.4 billion for Transport infrastructures.

Europe is faced with unfair trade practices distorting competition in its own public procurement market and outside its territory. In Europe, the main competition distortions from third countries stem from the unchallenged access of their EU State Aid non-compliant State-owned Enterprises (SoEs) to European public procurement markets. Outside Europe, there is more and more evidence that the unfair tied financing practices by SoEs from third countries, especially from China, are closing down dredging markets around the world and getting closer to Europe.

In the context of the new European Commission’s top priority: the “Green Deal”, the future of European sustainable public procurement is at stake and depends on setting the right framework and set of requirements that will award tenders or funding only to companies that respect and apply the same European (environmental, social and economic) values, ethics and rules.

Europe needs to tackle its internal competition issues and for instance consider applying the same competition rules, including State Aid Regulations, to all companies active in Europe. Moreover, in both WTO and EU law, there are no effective trade defence instruments, such as dumping and illegal subsidies against unfair trade practices in trade in services. To fill this gap, Europe should consider applying to the services a Trade Defence Instruments procedure, currently only applicable to goods.

As Europe is the largest donor in the world, its development financing and aid, inside and outside Europe, should be granted to companies complying with a minimum set of European rules, ethics and values.

In this context, the workshop gathered experts from the Commission and the industry to reflect on the following possible way forward: develop Trade Defence Instruments for Services or enforce State Aid Regulations to non-EU State owned enterprises ? Looking at the current procedures, how can they be adapted to tackle these competition issues and what are the challenges ahead ?

Information pack

Workshop detailed programme

Annex 01

Annex 02

Welcome

• Alan Lievens, EuDA Chairman

Workshop’s Overview Presentation

• Paris Sansoglou, EuDA Secretary General

Opening Address

• Karel de Gucht, Former European Commissioner for Trade

Presentations

• Frank Hoffmeister, European Commission – DG TRADE, Head of Unit

• Bojana Dohms, European Commission – DG COMP

2019 EUDA Annual Conference at Stanhope Hotel Brussels
“SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF WATERBORNE INFRASTRUCTURES”

14 November 2019

Public procurement is the process by which public authorities, national, regional and local, purchase from companies work, goods or services at all stages of a project. In total, public procurement accounts for 15-20% of global GDP and represents a substantial portion of the EU economy and the economies of many countries around the world.

Transport infrastructures, including waterborne infrastructures represent a significant portion of public procurement. The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), for instance, which is a key EU funding instrument for investing in infrastructures, has allocated €23.7 billion out of €30.4 billion for Transport infrastructures.

Progressively, in addition to the primary function to be procured, public authorities introduce in their public tenders specific requirements that aim at reducing environmental impact throughout the life-cycle of their procured goods, services and works. This process can be qualified as Sustainable Public Procurement, when additionally to purchasing work, goods or services, it also seeks to achieve the appropriate balance between the three pillars of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental).

Moreover, a key dimension in this approach is the sustainable financing of the public authority, which, if overlooked, opens the gates to an unsustainable debt trap. There is more and more evidence that the unfair tied financing practices by State-owned Enterprises (SoEs) from third countries are closing down dredging markets around the world. In Europe, non-EU heavily subsidised SoEs have unchallenged access to European public procurement markets.

Well-designed requirements for Sustainable Public Procurement provide the opportunity to effectively improve the level playing field inside and outside Europe as well as focus on the quality of the infrastructures, long-term value for money and lifecycle costs (rather than price only). With their long-term investment in technology and novel approaches, such as Building with Nature, European Dredgers can provide significant added value to the economy, ecology and society when executing waterborne infrastructure projects and would like to jointly reflect on how to possibly shape requirements on sustainability in public tenders to provide a better level playing field and long-term added value.

Speakers from the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Dutch administration will present the points of views of the policy, funding and implementation sides through their respective strategies on sustainable public procurement. After an inspirational closing keynote address by Former European Commissioner for Trade, Mr Karel de Gucht, the floor will be opened for an open discussion.

Programme Overview:

09:30 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 12:00 Conference
12:00 - 12:30 Cocktail
12:30 – 13:30 Networking Luncheon
14:00 – 16:00 EuDA Annual General Meeting (for Members only)

Conference Overview:

Moderation:

• Mr Paris Sansoglou
European Dredging Association
Secretary General

Speakers:

• Mrs Anna Lupi Presentation
European Commission – DG GROW
Policy Officer in Public Procurement Strategy Unit
European Commission’s Strategy for Sustainable Public Procurement

• Oshani Perera Presentation
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Director, Public Procurement and Infrastructure Finance Programme
IISD’s Strategy for Sustainable Public Procurement

• Mr Maarten Neelis Presentation
Rijkswaterstaat (The Netherlands)
Strategic Adviser on Sustainable Habitat
Dutch Strategy for Sustainable Public Procurement

Closing Keynote Address:

• Mr Karel de Gucht Presentation
Former European Commissioner for Trade

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and the Conference Attendance List.

2018 EUDA 25^th Anniversary – Annual Conference at Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels
“THE EUROPEAN DREDGING INDUSTRY ADDING VALUE TO SOCIETY WORLDWIDE”

15 November 2018

This year, the European Dredging Association (“EuDA”) celebrated its 25th Anniversary. The high-level event we organised, took place in the prestigious Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels, on Thursday 15 November 2018 at 10.00am.

In order to celebrate this important milestone in the lifetime of an Association, EuDA was honoured with the presence of Mrs Maria Asenius, Head of Cabinet of Cecilia Malmström Commissioner for Trade.

Then EuDA gave the floor to high level stakeholders to present their views on some of our most impressive projects.

The conference was followed by a networking cocktail and a festive luncheon.

View the Conference Programme in detail and the Conference Attendance List.

Welcome and Opening:

Mr Alan Lievens
EuDA Chairman

Keynote Speech: Keynote Speech

European Trade Strategy: overview of future perspectives
European Commission
Head of Cabinet to EU Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström
Maria Åsenius

European Dredgers adding Value Worldwide:

Moderation: Dr Marc Gramberger, PROSPEX Managing Director
“Short introduction of the conference theme and speakers..

Adding Value to Global Logistics Presentation

Presentation of the expansion of the Suez Canal.
European Dredging Association
Paris Sansoglou, Secretary General

Adding Value to Global Environment Presentation

Presentation of Building with Nature projects worldwide.
Wetlands International
Mrs Jane Madgwick, CEO

Adding Value to Global Society Presentation

Presentation of the Sigma Plan and new perspectives for coastal defences worldwide.
Flemish Waterway NV
Ir Wim Dauwe
Head of Department Maritime Schelde and Sea Canal

2017 EUDA Annual Conference at Stanhope Hotel Brussels
“PROTECTIONISM:
MEDICINE TO A RIGHT ILLNESS OR POISON PILL?”

15 November 2017

The recent rise of populism around the world is often accompanied with the rhetoric that protectionism is the “panacea” that will revive economic growth and create more “national” jobs. By hindering or blocking foreign workers or companies from accessing the domestic market, protectionism offers an apparently comfortable cocoon that provides a temporary relief to the domestic economic issues … but it often proves to be a short-term solution or a short-sighted decision.

Indeed, in the medium- or long-term, the disconnection from global trade and the “protection” from global competitors provide major disincentives for these protected companies and jobs to further develop, invest or innovate. They will be “frozen in time” and while the quality of their products and services will at best stagnate, their processes will progressively grow obsolete and inefficient with regards to the global market. Their costs and prices will rise and cripple their global competitiveness. By freezing these selected sectors, protectionism progressively transforms them into a liability to their national economic partners.

As global free trade champions, Europeans promote free market access and a level playing field worldwide. In the words of Jean-Claude Juncker: “As far as we [Europe] are concerned, there is no protection in protectionism”. Moreover, reciprocal treatment is essential when dealing with global sectors and may prove to be a key part of a healthy strategy to erode and ultimately eliminate protectionism.

The conference opened with a short description of the possible globalisation illness affecting Europe. Then the speakers considered whether protectionism was a medicine to a right illness or poison pill and considered whether realism and reciprocity could lead the way to a globalisation wellness for Europe. Before concluding with an open discussion, selected cases of dredging against protectionism were presented.

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Opening Address:

Mr Alan Lievens
EuDA Chairman

Introduction to the Conference Theme and Speakers by the Conference Moderator:

Mr Eric Van den Eede, Special Adviser on Waterborne Transport Infrastructure and Chairman of Flanders’ Maritime Cluster

Speakers:

Prof. Jonathan Holslag, Professor of International Politics
Free University Brussels (VUB)
presenting “Is there a Globalisation Illness? from Globalisation Illness to Wellness…”.
Mrs Signe Ratso , Director for Trade Strategy and Analysis Presentation
European Commission – DG Trade
presenting “Protectionism and Realism? Fight against Protectionism and Need for Reciprocity”.
Mr Paris Sansoglou, Secretary General Presentation
European Dredging Association
presenting “Dredging against Protectionism”.

2016 EuDA Annual Conference, at Stanhope Hotel Brussels
GLOBAL CO₂ EMISSIONS:
New Opportunities for the European Dredgers?

15 November 2016

Since the Kyoto Protocol of 1992, the political wheel has been set in motion to prevent the threat from excessive Climate Change. The main attention and efforts have focused on the biggest anthropogenic source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: CO₂ emissions. All human activities need energy for their proper functioning and execution. The most commonly available energy sources being of fossil origin, the carbon footprint of human activities have kept growing along with the development of the global society, sometimes at a faster pace.

At the Paris Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the Climate Change Convention in December 2015, politicians agreed, in the now ratified and in force “Paris Agreement”, to set the absolute global target for the rise of the Earth temperature to 1.5°C, and to take differentiated actions at national level and at sector level. Among these sectors, transportation is a significant source of CO₂ emissions and has to contribute to the global reduction efforts. Maritime transport is the lifeblood of modern society, supplying energy, food and commodities as well as catalysing global economic development and prosperity. Although shipping is the most environmentally-friendly and energy efficient mode of mass transport (on a tonne-mile basis), it also needs to contribute its share to the global CO₂ emissions reduction efforts. As members of the shipping community, European Dredgers continuously work on reducing their emissions, by improving fuel efficiency of their equipment (through ship design, better performing engines, etc.) and by improving their best practices to optimise the fuel consumption during operations.

CO₂ emissions reductions however cannot be fully disconnected from global economy nor from global trade. Therefore, the absolute emission targets set in Kyoto or in Paris cannot be achieved with relative measures improving performance and efficiency of vessels unless the global economy and its related demand for waterborne transport are collapsing. In order to achieve absolute targets regardless of the general state of global economy, actions on the improvement of vessels’ efficiency and performance should be complemented with actions targeting directly atmospheric CO₂ concentrations. With their expertise, European Dredgers can contribute to this objective by creating new or restoring marine habitats that are natural carbon sinks, known as Blue Carbon. European industries should pursue their efforts of reducing their CO₂ footprint but should also consider integrating Blue Carbon components into their strategies. European Dredgers can build multipurpose waterborne infrastructures that would contribute to these CO₂ strategies to the project owner’s through increased carbon capture and long term storage of CO₂.

The 2016 EuDA Annual Conference opened with an overview of political initiatives to reduce CO₂ emissions from ships and or dredgers at IMO, in the EU and in the Netherlands. In the last presentation of the conference, the possible solutions proposed by the European Dredgers were briefly described.

View the Conference Programme in detail and its complementary annexes.

Annex 01
Annex 02

View the Conference Attendance List

For the speakers' presentations see below:

Opening Address

Mr Paris Sansoglou
EuDA Secretary General

Moderation:

Mr Pieter van der KLIS
Engineering Manager, Van Oord
Chairman of EuDA Environment Committee at EUROPEAN DREDGING ASSOCIATION

Speakers:

Mr Alistair Hull Presentation
Technical Director of INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF SHIPPING
presenting "Overview of the of IMO’s initiatives to reduce CO₂ emissions from ships".
Mr Heiko Kunst Presentation
Policy Officer in Unit B3 for International Carbon Market, Aviation and Maritime
at EUROPEAN COMMISSION - DG CLIMA
presenting "Overview of the of EU’s initiatives to reduce CO₂ emissions from ships".
Mr Harry Zondag Presentation
Strategic Advisor for Dredging Programmes, Projects and Maintenance at RIJKSWATERSTAAT
presenting "Experiences in tendering with the CO₂ performance scale in The Netherlands".
Mr Paris Sansoglou Presentation
Secretary General of the EUROPEAN DREDGING ASSOCIATION
presenting "Possible Solutions from the European Dredgers?".

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PIANC’s ‘Think Climate’ coalition
UN FCCC COP 21 Paris

30 November-6 December 2015

UN FCCC COP 21

The UN Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted under the ‘Rio Convention’ during the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The UNFCCC which entered into force on 21 March 1994, now has a near-universal membership of 195 parties. The ‘Rio Convention’ set out a framework for action aimed at stabilising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to avoid “dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.”

The main objective of the annual Conference of Parties (COP) is to review the Convention’s implementation. The first COP took place in Berlin in 1995 and significant meetings since then have included COP3 where the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, COP11 where the Montreal Action Plan was produced, COP15 in Copenhagen where an agreement to success Kyoto Protocol was unfortunately not realised and COP17 in Durban where the Green Climate Fund was created.

In 2015 COP21, also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, will, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C.

France will play a leading international role in hosting this seminal conference, and COP21 will be one of the largest international conferences ever held in the country. The conference is expected to attract close to 50,000 participants including 25,000 official delegates from government, intergovernmental organisations, UN agencies, NGOs and civil society.

PIANC’s ‘Think Climate’

In this context, PIANC established a ‘Think Climate’ coalition, currently comprising the following international Associations and organisations:

The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC)
International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)
International Harbour Masters’ Association (IHMA)
International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA)
International Bulk Terminals Association (IBTA) a coalition of the International Dry Bulk Terminals Group and the Coal Export Terminal Operators Association
European Dredging Association (EuDA)
Smart Freight Centre (SFC)

The Think Climate coalition partners are collaborating on an initiative entitled NAVIGATING A CHANGING CLIMATE.

The Navigating a Changing Climate initiative has three main themes:

encouraging owners, operators and users to take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with waterborne transport infrastructure, and to shift to low carbon waterborne transport infrastructure and operations, wherever this is practicable and not disproportionately costly
building adaptation capacity and supporting the owners, operators and users of inland and maritime navigation infrastructure as they strengthen resilience and prepare to adapt to changes in sea level, flooding extent or frequency, flow conditions, storminess, precipitation, temperature, extreme wind or waves or fog amongst others
encouraging new ways of thinking about waterborne transport infrastructure with an emphasis on Working with Nature and on identifying sustainable, integrated solutions.

The latest version of the Position Paper, which sets out the objectives of the Navigating a Changing Climate initiative and summarises the activities proposed in the Action Plan, can be found here. The detail of the Action Plan can be found here.

More details about the activities of PIANC’s ‘Think Climate’ coalition can be found here.

2015 EuDA Annual General Meeting Conference, at Stanhope Hotel Brussels
'State Aid and Tied Aid'
Different Approaches to Global Competition

17 November 2015

Governments’ interventions in competitive markets impact on the functioning of these markets: they set the general rules of “unhindered and fair competition” and in some cases bend these rules to favour the one or the other national champion. Financial support provided by governments to companies is distorting competition and can take many forms. The conference will focus on two such approaches with opposite objectives and effects on the global dredging markets.

The competitive advantages developed by the European dredging companies to allow them to compete on the global markets and remain leaders in their trade include high added value specialised services, high productivity and high environmental friendliness when delivering resilient waterborne infrastructures. As far as large complex infrastructure projects are concerned, the other worldwide competitors cannot match the level of the European Dredgers’ services in quality and in price. In unbiased and open markets, Europeans have demonstrated their strong dominance with over 80% of the open world markets.

When some non-EU countries decide to bend the rules, they take measures that keep foreign competition off their domestic market and, additionally, they can also provide unfair advantages to their national companies competing outside their domestic market. One of the most commonly used schemes on non-domestic markets is Tied Aid, whereby large amounts of development aid are granted to a targeted country (usually a resource-rich developing country, non-signatory of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement) with the explicit condition of using exclusively the donor’s national contractors for the development works. The consequences are severe distortions in these markets or even temporary closure to any foreign competition (for as long as the donor’s aid lasts).

However, unfair competition practices are like coastal erosion: markets are eroded and lost at a steady pace. Left untackled in the long term, these practices can wear out even the most resilient of companies. This is why Europe has developed counter-schemes aiming at reducing competition distortions on global markets and reinforcing level playing field. One of the financial instruments used by Europeans to reduce distortions on some global markets is the State Aid Guidelines to Maritime Transport, which stopped the deflagging of European vessels and avoided the complete relocation of the maritime industries outside Europe.

The EuDA 2015 AGM Conference opened with an overview of the European State Aid Guidelines to Maritime Transport, selected Tied Aid cases were presented and then possible ways forward for the European Dredgers were looked into.

For the Conference detailed programme: click here.

For the Conference Participants' List: click here.

For the speakers' presentations see below:

Opening Address

Mr Marc Stordiau
EuDA Chairman

Moderation:

Mr Filip Tuytschaever
Founding Partner CONTRAST – European & Business Law

Speakers:

Mr Henrik Mørch
Head of Unit for State Aids to Transport - DG Competition EUROPEAN COMMISSION
presenting "Overview of the State Aid Guidelines to Maritime Transport".
Mr Ulrich Paetzold
Secretary General of the EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FEDERATION - FIEC
presenting "Examples of Threats in Europe".
Mr Paris Sansoglou
Secretary General of the EUROPEAN DREDGING ASSOCIATION
presenting "Examples of Threats around the World and What’s next for European Dredgers ?".

For the Conference key messages: click here.

ACI’s European Dredging Summit, Antwerp, Belgium
‘Gaining Project Approval, welcoming efficient & environmentally-sensitive Dredging Operations’
Supported by EuDA

7-8 October 2015

Active Communications International (ACI), a leader in conference planning and production, is organising a two day “European Dredging” Summit on 7^th – 8^th in October 2015 in Antwerp.
Key dredging strategies and environmental aspects for project approval will be discussed by the key industry players who will give in-depth presentations and get involved in the panel discussions with senior Delegates of the Summit’s audience on Topics including:

How Are Recent Regulatory Changes Affecting Dredging Projects?
Effective Sediment Balance & Waste Management
Latest Developments & Innovations in Dredging Technologies & Techniques
Effective Maintenance Dredging
Strategies for Trade-Type Dredging Projects
Qualified Human Resources Training & Development
Economic Outlook of the Future Dredging Projects (Europe, Global)
Project Financing & Budget Management

The Summit's Speakers will provide a global analysis of dredging projects, environmental regulation and essential recommendations for dredging activity including equipment and contractor selection. ACI’s European Dredging Summit will allow you to learn and understand successful case studies, along with exploring the latest technology advancements.
The Summit is mainly targeting the senior management of companies and administrations based in Europe and involved in projects taking place in Europe and across the globe. ACI, benefitting from a thorough research on the topic and market, will bring together the right companies and the best professionals to share their “job story”, amongst Port Authorities, Harbour Masters, Port Managers, Bulk Terminals Managers, Project Owners, Local Authorities, Government Officials, Environmental Managers, Approvals Managers, Marine Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers, Infrastructure Managers, Operations Managers, Port Engineers, Hydrographic Surveyors/ Geologists, Civil/ Environmental Engineers, Consulting Engineers, Dredging Contractors, Dredging Technology Providers, Dredging Managers, Civil/Dredging Managers & Engineers. They will attend to this interactive conference in order to build strong relationships, maintain competitive advantage in the marketplace and discuss with key industry leaders who will share their insights and real-life working experiences with the audience.

EuDA is a supporting organisation and as such will provide Speakers and promote of the event.
Join us in Antwerp to exchange your point of view with your peers and engage in excellent networking opportunities !

Exclusive Site Visit
APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center, DEME Headquarters, Antwerp City Hall

6 October 2015

During the afternoon of 6^th October 2015 up to 30 conference attendees will receive a unique opportunity to participate in the above mentioned site visit.
There is no extra charge to attend the site visit, but spaces are limited and allocated on a first come first served basis. Please register your attendance for the site visit when booking for the conference.

EuDA members are entitled to a special discount on registration (Contact EuDA Secretariat: +322/6468183).
Event’s website: click here. Latest agenda: click here.

For further information or to register your attendance please contact:
Ms Mado Lampropoulou
Marketing Department, ACI
T: + 44 (0) 203 141 0607
E: MLampropoulou@acieu.net

For further information on commercial & sponsorship opportunities please contact:
Ms Kristina Mayar
Marketing Department, ACI
T: + 44 (0) 203 141 0628
E: kmayar@acieu.net

We welcome you to join our leading experts at Europe’s cutting edge “European Dredging” Summit!

EuDA-CEDA joint Workshop at European Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
‘Sustainable Dredging Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation’
Solutions from the European Dredging Community

12 May 2015

In today’s policy discussions, Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) is about controlling the consequences of the rising temperature of the Earth due to excessive anthropogenic emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere. CCA strategies aim at mitigating the climate change consequences on vulnerable areas and building up their resilience.

The main threats from climate change include sea level rise, increased temperature of the seawater surface, changes in (seasonal) precipitation and hence river flow, increased frequency of extreme events (floods, draughts, storms, surges), … there are some certainties in which direction the challenges go but there are also uncertainties on how to deal with those. Uncertainty can be reduced by building new knowledge and by developing new ‘adaptable’ approaches, such as adaptive management and monitoring.

With 80% of the largest population centres located along the coasts, the potential for climate change related (natural) disasters is significant on both human populations and marine, estuarine and fluvial ecosystems. The need for action to protect vulnerable areas and increase their resilience is real and urgent: first the planning, then its execution.

Dredging knowledge, technology and know-how are indispensable instruments that and offer varied solutions for the adaptation to climate change in vulnerable coastal and inland areas. For instance, dredging know-how contributed greatly to the design and construction of the ‘10,000 year storm’ defences for the port of Rotterdam. Other examples include the beach parks Køge Bay and Amager in Denmark which combine flood protection with ‘engineered nature’ in the form of lagoons, and high quality artificial beaches. Sustainable approaches and philosophies such as “Working with Nature” and ‘Building with Nature’, which aim at harnessing the forces of nature, both in physical and biological terms, are increasingly integrated into project design and execution offering innovative, sustainable solutions.

The joint EuDA-CEDA workshop presented and discussed the views of academics, policy makers and practitioners on sustainable concepts and examples for planning and executing of CCA projects in coastal, estuarine and fluvial systems to transform the threats from climate change into opportunities for humans and nature.

For the Workshop detailed programme: click here.

For the speakers' presentations see below:

Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop & Programme Overview

Workshop Chairman
Mr Polite Laboyrie, CEDA Chairman

Setting the scene:

Academic point of view: CCA Challenges, possible Impacts and Implications for the Dredgers

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kropp, PIK
presenting "Setting the frame: sustainable dredging and climate change".

European Commission’s point of view: European Strategy, Policies and Actions

Mrs Birgit De Boissezon, HoU Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (DG RTD)
presenting "Adaptation, preparing for a changing climate".

Project owners

National Government point of view: National Strategy, Policies and Actions

Mr Pieter de Boer, Rijkswaterstaat (RWS)
presenting "CCA, Dutch national strategy, policies and actions".

Ports point of view: Corporate Strategy and Actions

Mr Vincent Malfère, Port of Le Havre
presenting "CCA, the case of Port of Le Havre".

Contractors

Dredgers’ point of view: Existing Solutions and Example Cases

Mr Bernard Malherbe, JDN, and Mr Paris Sansoglou, EuDA
presenting "The Dredging Contractors’ Point of View on Sustainable Dredging Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation".

Innovations improving Maritime Safety, at Port of Zeebrugge

5 March 2015

At the initiative of the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA), shipowners and shipping industry leaders have joined forces and organised the first European Shipping Week (ESW) from 2nd to 6th March 2015.(for a complete overview of the week's events and additional information: click here.). Centred around a Flagship conference, Europe's main shipping organisations as well as the European Commission organised a series of high level events bringing together the major players in the shipping industry to promote the strengths and the importance of European and global shipping to legislators in Brussels such as the European Commission, European Parliament and the Council of Ministers.
As shipping is of strategic importance to the EU economy, so is its safety. Maritime safety policy and related legislations promote high-quality standards and aim at increasing the protection of both human lives (e.g. passengers and crews) and the environment (reduce risks of pollution).

Seminar and Technical Visit
As a member of the ESW Steering Group, the European Dredging Association (EuDA) organised on 5^th March 2015 a seminar on 'Innovations improving Maritime Safety ' followed by a technical visit illustrating some aspects the technological solutions offered by the dredgers. Opened by a Welcome Address by Mr Joachim Coens and an Opening Address by Mr Markku Mylly, EMSA Executive Director, the Maritime Safety aspect on which the seminar focused was the 'safe place of refuge'.

Indeed, during the seminar, EuDA presented specifically designed artificial islands using hydraulic engineering or naval architecture, combining sand and rock or metal, which could be used, amongst other purposes, as innovative solutions for safe places of refuge for sea vessels. The seminar briefly touched on the feasibility of building a kind of safety belt around European Waters but concluded on the potentially significant contribution to Blue Growth in and outside Europe. Ms Barbara Sellier, Policy Officer and EMSA Liaison for the Unit in charge of Maritime Safety, concluded the seminar and gave the closing address.

EuDA members strongly believe that the growth potential for the dredging industry in Europe and worldwide lies in the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable multipurpose maritime infrastructures: using, instead of fighting, the forces (physical and biological) of nature to build multipurpose maritime infrastructures providing services beneficial to the environment, the society and/or the economy.

The rising of the level of the oceans will also automatically generate the need of protecting vulnerable coastal areas. The coasts of the world have to be protected from erosion, from floods, from storms and raising sea level. Renewable offshore energy from wind, from tidal forces or from waves, are becoming also an ever increasing playfield for the dredging industry.
The future of the dredging industry lies in the sea and the growing world population will have to integrate the sea in its daily life.

For the short introduction to dredging presented during the technical visit: click here.

For the seminar's overview and key messages: click here.

For the Participants' List: click here.

For the speakers' presentations see below:

Welcome Address

Mr Joachim Coens
Managing Director of the Port Authority Bruges-Zeebrugge

Opening Address

Mr Markku Mylly
EMSA Executive Director (European Maritime Safety Agency)

Moderation:

Mr John Richardson
FIPRA International Special Adviser on Maritime Affairs, moderating the conference.

Speakers:

Mr Bernard Malherbe
JDN, Project Manager of Flanders Bays 2100
presenting "Integrated Coastal Zone & Coastal Seas Management: Views and Pleas by Dredging Contractors".
Mr Frank Verschraegen
DEME, Project Leader of iLand
presenting "Energy Islands".
Mr Francois Duthoit
DCNS, Chairman of the Waterborne WG on Blue Growth
presenting "Scalable Modular Large Scale Floating Offshore Platforms".
Mr Paris Sansoglou
EuDA Secretary General
presenting "Possible sources of financing for artificial 'safety' islands".

Closing Address:

Ms Barbara Sellier
Policy Officer at the European Commission's Unit on Maritime Safety (DG MOVE)

2014 EuDA Annual General Meeting Conference, at Stanhope Hotel Brussels
'Breaking Trade Barriers Around The World'
Special focus on the World Dredging Markets

13 November 2014

EuDA 20^th Anniversary Celebration, at Bibliothèque Solvay
'The European Dredging Industry: A Maritime Success Story'

7 November 2013

EuDA Annual General Meeting Conference, at Stanhope Hotel
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Review of current Legislation & Policies

14 November 2012

EuDA Annual General Meeting Open-Part, at Sheraton Brussels Airport
'Threats and Opportunities from the Sea'
European Dredgers' contribution to some of the World's biggest Challenges

16 November 2011

Belgian Presidency Event with EuDA
'The European Dredging Industry presented to the European Council Shipping Working Group',
Aalst (BE) & Heusden (NL).

15 December 2010

EuDA Annual General Meeting Open-Part, at Sheraton Brussels Airport
"Man & Nature" Key Sustainable Issues for the European Dredgers

16 November 2010

Workshop on Green Innovations keep the European Dredgers at global leading edge,
Brussels, Silken Hotel.

3 November 2010

Workshop on Dredged Material and the Implementation of the new EU Waste Directive,
Brussels, EuDA offices.

29 April 2010

EuDA Annual General Assembly : Future Developments concerning State Aid to EU Maritime Transport, in the light of the rising threat from China

2009

The 32nd IADC International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation will take place,
in Delft, the Netherlands

15 -19 June 2009

EuDA Workshop 'Emissions' Presentations, Brussels, Belgium

6 November 2008

30th International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation, Delft, The Netherlands

16 - 20 June 2008

Black Sea Coastal Association Varna, Bulgaria

25 - 27 September 2007

Seminar on Ports and Habitats

20 March 2003

Workshop "Waterways of Tomorrow"

09 December 2003

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Solutions from the European Dredging Community

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Special focus on the World Dredging Markets

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