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The European Shortsea Network is a co-operation between all national shortsea promotion centres. ESN has no legal status, but is an agreement between the members.
The main objective of the European Shortsea Network (ESN) is to promote short sea in the broadest sense of the word on a European level. The definition of the European Commission will be used.
Short sea shipping means the movement of cargo and passengers by sea between ports situated in geographical Europe or between those ports and ports situated in non-European countries having a coastline on the enclosed seas bordering Europe.
Short sea shipping means the movement of cargo and passengers by sea between ports situated in geographical Europe or between those ports and ports situated in non-European countries having a coastline on the enclosed seas bordering Europe.
Short sea shipping includes domestic and international maritime transport, including feeder services, along the coast to and from the islands, rivers and lakes. The concept of short sea shipping also extends to maritime transport between the Member States of the Union and Norway and Iceland and other States on the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
The ESN should strengthen the activities of the national centres in promoting short sea with shippers, forwarders, etc. Other main points are:
- The exchange of ideas between centres to stimulate individual national work (best practice)
- Support and guidance to newly established centres beginning their work
- Identification of common problems, needs and bottlenecks arising from the contacts with the (potential) users
The promotion is aimed at the following target groups:
- Shippers and forwarders
- Logistics/transport service providers, including road hauliers
- Shortsea shipping lines, ship owners and agents, ports
- EU bodies and national governments
- European organisations, such as ECSA, ESPO etc, etc
- Inland shipping and rail
Targets
Quantitative targets are difficult to define and measured for a promotion-orientated organisation like ESN. However, the following points give a direction for the work and activities of ESN.
- To create awareness of the ESN and provide contact details to all national and European potential users of shortsea transport, shipping companies and organisations.
- One of the main targets of ESN is to play a significant role in enhancing the growth rate of shortsea shipping. Ideally the growth rate should be higher than other modes of transport, in particular road transport.
- To pursue these goals in the general context and objectives of the EU policy.
ESN website address www.shortsea.info
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