MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

European Shipowners | ECSA

Business group · Transport & automotive · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European Shipowners | ECSA appears in 39 declared MEP meetings (23 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

39
declared meetings
with current MEPs
23
MEPs met
€900k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
9.1
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“European Shipowners | ECSA is the voice of the European shipping industry. Founded in 1965 as “Comité des Associations d’Armateurs des Communautés Européennes (CAACE)”, European Shipowners | ECSA promotes the interests of 22 member associations of the EU and Norway, and strives for a regulatory environment that fosters the international competitiveness of European shipping.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 39 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1846%
Socialists & Democrats1436%
Renew Europe410%
European Conservatives & Reformists13%
Greens/EFA13%
The Left13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (19 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
0
2021
2
2022
5
2023
0
2024
8
2025
19
2026
4

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Peter Liese
6 meetings · EPP
Jörgen Warborn
5 meetings · EPP
Jens Gieseke
3 meetings · EPP
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
2 meetings · Renew
César Luena
2 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
25 Aug 2026Peter LieseAustausch
5 May 2026Peter LieseAustausch
5 May 2026Daniel AttardEconomic Value of European Shipping
15 Jan 2026César LuenaETS
9 Dec 2025Bruno TobbackECSA 60 Years Anniversary Reception
9 Dec 2025Jan-Christoph OetjenSTIP
1 Dec 2025Tiemo WölkenMaritime Emissions in the EU and internationally
26 Nov 2025Kris van DijckSTIP
26 Nov 2025Yannis ManiatisSTIP
26 Nov 2025Peter LieseAustausch
26 Nov 2025Jens GiesekeAustausch zu EU-Verkehrs­politik
14 Jul 2025Jan-Christoph OetjenGeneral exchange on the European Maritime Industrial Strategy
2 Jul 2025Ilia LazarovClean fuels in maritime transport
2 Jul 2025François KalfonDécarbonation des transports
20 May 2025Daniel AttardMaritime Port Strategy

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