Friday has held the first assembly of the new association of naval industry European SEA Europe



It is christened officially with the name of SEA Europe, Ships and maritime Equipment Association, the new association of the European naval industry constituted by the fusion of the Community of European Shipyards Associations (CESA) and of the European Marine Equipment Council (EMEC) ( on 24 February 2012). Assembly founding of new association, that it represents a field that occupies beyond 500.000 people and realizes a volume of transactions of 80 billion euros, it has held friday slid to Paris and has seen the participation of 22 national associations of 18 Countries.

The assembly of SEA Europe has elected president of the Lars Gørvell-Dahll association, senior vice president of the Norwegian Kongsberg Gruppen ASA. "Our industry - Gørvell-Dahll has declared - constitutes a primary asset for Europe. The ability to plan, to produce and to manutenere ships and other marine means of excellence not only represents the key for the competitive and sustainable marine transport of the future, but also for a range wide of other asset on the oceans, the seas and the internal water ways". "In order to do so as that the public opinion and the policymakers comprise better the strategic importance of the field - it has explained - there is the necessity of having a voice hard to Brussels. From now on SEA Europe will be this only voice and will have the task to carry turned out to advantage of its associates and the society".

The assembly of the new association has elected which honorary presidents Corrado Antonini, president of Fincantieri and honorary president of CESA, and Hans Hoffmann, honorary president of the EMEC. Vices president are named Bernard Meyer (managing partner of Meyer Werft), Govert Harmers (president and CEO of IHC Merwede), Willy Salamon (president and CEO of Arno Dunkerque), Dirk Lehmann (managing director of Becker Marine Systems), Kjeld Dittmann (managing director of Lyngsø Marine) and Santiago Crespo (managing director of Marine Business Unit di Ingeteam). Reinhard Lueken is named general secretary and Douwe Cunningham vice general secretary.

CESA and EMEC have specified that the two contractual associations will continue to operate in order to respect the obligations with the EU commission and that CESA will continue to supply its Maritime contribution to the International Organisation (IMO).