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On 8 December 2025, the second edition of the European Maritime Safety Report - #EMSAFE was presented in EMSA’s: ‘Safety First’ conference at the Agency’s headquarters in Lisbon. EMSAFE 2 consolidates data from all EMSA-hosted databases, offering a comprehensive overview of the state of maritime safety in the European Union. Its strong focus on the human dimension of safety makes it particularly relevant.

The future of Hamburg port workers should not be put at risk! ETF calls on the Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) - the world’s largest container line - to commit to preserving jobs, fair working conditions and respecting the collective agreement in case of taking the German terminal group Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA).

This study is the first-ever attempt to look at how the technological and business choices made by shipping companies impact the main service providers that ships depend on: terminals and their employees. It is now high-time for shipping lines to open discussions with the other actors of the maritime transport chain.

On 5 June 2014, the Council of the EU adopted the conclusions formulated in the context of the mid-term review of the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 and outlook to 2020. The review has been