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ECM Europe was established to provide a wide range of consultancy services to the maritime industry in Europe.

We have represented ECM Maritime Services, LLC since 2005 and have successfully assisted its clients all over Europe.
ECM  (Environmental Crisis Management)  was the first company to provide dedicated services to the shipping community in the fields of contingency planning, emergency response, and compliance with the requirements of OPA 90 in the United States.

Our services for ECM Clients in Europe include :

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ECM & RMG to Team Up for Seminar in Shanghai, China on August 24th 2012

In ECM’s continuing effort to provide its clients  with information concerning maritime regulatory compliance services not only  in the US but on  the international level as well, ECM is  pleased to announce yet another seminar.

This  one will take place  at the J.W.  Marriott Hotel  in Shanghai, China on Friday, August  24th, 2012.  Joining ECM in presenting the “Shanghai Seminar” will be Resolve Marine Group (RMG), a Salvage and Marine Firefighting (SMFF) provider  based in the  US, in partnership with  Resolve Shengmin OSRO Company, offering Spill Prevention and Response  Organization (SPRO) services as required under recent Chinese regulations. Read more »

ECM Spill Management Tabletop Exercise (SMT/TTX) Events in Europe 2012

ECM have announced SMT/TTX in Europe on October, open to ECM Clients, and would like to remember its clients to attend the exercises as schedule herewith below. ECM’s SMT TTX program is designed to fully comply with all federal and state requirements.  Following the exercise, ECM provides our clients with all the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with federal and state requirements.
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Greek Shipping Company Sentenced in New Orleans to Pay $2 Million for Intentional Cover-Up of Oil Pollution and Obstruction of Justice

Another Sentence in the US for the Marpol Violation (4th since 01 January 2012)

Greek Shipping Company was sentenced today in federal court in New Orleans for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice, announced Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno and Jim Letten, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Read more »

Adoption of Voluntary Environmental Compliance Program (VECP)

ECM  has recently completed an ECP-related seminar entitled “MARPOL compliance and the U.S. & E.U perspective : Investigate, Criminalize & Prosecute” at Rome in partnership with P.L. Ferrari & Co., with inputs from the UK Club and Chalos, O’Connor and Duffy, LLP and Azimuth Srl.

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IMO adopts important guidelines to support implementation of mandatory energy efficiency measures for international shipping

An important series of guidelines to support the uniform implementation of mandatory measures to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from international shipping was adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), when it met for its 63rd session from 27 February to 2 March 2012, at IMO Headquarters in London, paving the way for the regulations to be smoothly and uniformly implemented by Administrations and industry.

 

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