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Shipyards' and Maritime Equipment Association of Europe

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

As of 7 November 2026, Shipyards' and Maritime Equipment Association of Europe appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
€200k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
9.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The longterm objectives of the Association as agreed at the establishment of SEA Europe on the 1st of June 2012: • To promote the mutual interests of the member associations and the common interests of the maritime industries who are members of these associations; • To promote the design, construction, refit, maintenance and modernisation of excellent safe and environmentally sound […]”

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“[…] ships, maritime structures, products and services by using state of-the-art-technologies, irrespective of their flag or area of operation; • To contribute actively to the work of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and other regulatory bodies; • To promote fair trade and normal competitive conditions in Europe and worldwide; • To represent the interests of the sector with European and global institutions/organisations and general public in order to maintain and enhance its recognition as strategic industry; • To inform European and global institutions and organisations of relevant tech (...)”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats457%
European People's Party229%
The Left114%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
1
2023
0
2024
2
2025
3
2026
1

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

Christophe Clergeau
3 meetings · S&D
Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP
Jörgen Warborn
1 meeting · EPP
Pierre Jouvet
1 meeting · S&D
Arash Saeidi
1 meeting · The Left

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Jul 2026Pierre JouvetIndustrial Accelerator Act
8 Apr 2025Christophe ClergeauSEArica
21 Jan 2025Christophe ClergeauSEARICA/ITRE
14 Jan 2025Christophe ClergeauSEARICA
11 Sep 2024Arash Saeidiprésentation de la stratégie industrielle maritime
17 Apr 2024Jens GiesekePanelteilnahme zur maritimer Industriestrategie
26 Jan 2022Jörgen WarbornSjöfartsfrågor

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