CYPRUS SHIPPING CHAMBER
Budget
€900 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
5
2.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The Cyprus Shipping Chamber is the trade association of the Shipping Industry in Cyprus. Today the Chamber comprises all the major shipowning, shipmanagement, chartering and shipping related companies based in Cyprus. Today, the Chamber’s Member-companies located in Cyprus and the wider Shipping Sector in Cyprus, collectively employ around 9000 persons ashore and more than 75,000 seafarers of various nationalities onboard their vessels. The main purpose of the Chamber is: "...promoting the interests of Cyprus Shipping and furthering the reputation of the Cyprus flag, whilst promoting and protecting the interests of its Members both nationally and internationally..." At such, the Chamber acts as a lobbying group for the promotion and safeguarding of the legitimate interests of its professional Member-companies, at a national level through its close relations with the Cyprus Government and Parliament, as well as at an international level though its membership at various r (...)
EU Legislative Interests
The Cyprus Shipping Chamber follows all legislative, technical and commercial shipping files of the EU through its membership at the European Community Shipowners Associations (ECSA). These include inter alia Data Protection, the Integrated Maritime Policy, Environmental Regulations, Taxation, Competition within the ambit of the EU State Aid Guidelines for Maritime Transport and Maritime Labour.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
At local level the Cyprus Shipping Chamber is a Member of the Cyprus Investement Promotion Agency, the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation. At international and EU level the Chamber is a Member of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA), the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) and the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO).
Organisation Members
https://csc-cy.org/full-domestic/ https://csc-cy.org/full-international/ https://csc-cy.org/associate-domestic/ https://csc-cy.org/associate-international/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.