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European Ship Suppliers Organization

Acronym: OCEAN

General Information

Identification Code: 52916966911-90
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Entity Form: A committee of the International Shipsuppliers & Services Association
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 10/8/2011
Last Update: 4/22/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: OCEAN – the European Ship Suppliers Organization - is the voice of the Ship Supplying Industry of Europe. Founded in 1976 under the French Title: “Organisation de la Communauté Européenne des Avitailleurs de Navires”, today OCEAN concentrates its work on achieving an optimum business climate for European Ship Suppliers and on strengthening the competitiveness of the industry as a whole. Our Organization plays an important role in creating better understanding of the Ship Supply industry in Europe. Our organization is committed to transparent and open communication and inclusive dialogue between our members and European policy-makers. Today, we represent many hundreds of Ship Chandlers who supply a wide range of goods to several hundred thousands ships annually in most of the 1,200 merchant ports throughout the 70,000 km of the European coastline. Ship Suppliers provide a 24-hour service throughout the year and are an essential element of modern maritime trade and a vibrant (...)
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Customs
  • Food safety
  • Taxation
  • Trade
Levels of Interest:
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Customs (Union Customs Code - Delegated/Implementing Acts), VAT, Trade, Export controls
Communication Activities: Guidelines for ship supply under Union Customs Code (UCC)
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Trade Contact Group#E02134#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2134 #MEMBER #C#IndustryExpert Group on Land Transport Security#E02821#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2821 #OBSERVER #C#IndustryStakeholders Advisory Group on Maritime Security #E01087#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1087 #MEMBER #C#IndustryExcise Contact Group #E02806#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2806 #MEMBER #C#Civil society#Employees/workers#Finance
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: The Baltic Exchange, 1St Mary Axe
Post Code: EC3A 8BH
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office

Address: Rue de la Loi, 81A4th floor
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

New Organisation: false
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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 0.5
Info Members: The office in Brussels employs 3 part-time people to be directly or indirectly in charge of representing OCEAN including the Secretary General, the Policy Advisor, and secretarial/administrative support. The Organization has two secretariats: in London (office for the administration and the running of the organisation) and in Brussels (our European affairs and advocacy office). The Administrative Secretary in London is Mr Sean Moloney (secretariat@shipsupply.eu) and the Secretary General in Brussels is Dr Karsten Maier (info@shipsupply.eu). OCEAN is also a Committee of ISSA - the International Shipsupply and Services Association - recognising the global nature of our trade.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: http://www.shipsupply.eu
Organisation Members: - OCEAN is a Committee of ISSA (International Shipsuppliers & Services Association) - OCEAN is a member of the Trade Contact Group (TCG) of the European Commission. - OCEAN entertains informal business relations with other trade associations of the TCG and participates in the International Trade Committee of Eurocommerce. - OCEAN takes part in SAGMaS - the advisory group of DG TREN on Maritime Security. - OCEAN takes part in LANDSEC - the EU expert group for land transport security of DG MOVE.