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ECSA Secretary General to Relinquish Role
The European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) today announced that the organisation's Secretary General, Patrick Verhoeven, will leave ECSA on September 1 to become Managing Director Policy and Strategy at the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)
"Patrick has regretfully decided to leave his position with us after four years, to take up a new role in a global environment," said Niels Smedegaard, ECSA President.
"I would like to thank him for his modernisation of the ECSA secretariat, commitment and contributions to the many important topics which the European Shipowners Community has faced during his tenure. I wish Patrick lots of success and all the best in his new role."
ECSA notes that Verhoeven will continue in his current role until the end of August, and that the search process for a new Secretary General has been initiated.
"The decision to make this move was not an easy one. I have been working in an EU context for almost 25 years, representing stevedores, ship agents, port authorities and – during the last four years – shipping companies," said Verhoeven.
"However, I feel I cannot miss the unique opportunity to complement this experience with the global challenge that IAPH offers. I warmly thank Niels and the members of the Presidency, all members and not least the team at the ECSA secretariat for the great cooperation and support over the past years."
In February, Verhoeven issued a statement against the inclusion of shipping emissions in the European Union's (EU's) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2023, commenting: "putting unrealistic pressure on IMO with regional measures that will gravely hurt a global sector and do very little for climate is not the way to proceed."
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