Company profile
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 :
Latest news
The role of the Certifying Official and Notice of Intent (NOI)
It has come to ECM attention that some Vessel General Permit (VGP) consulting providers may be inappropriately managing their clients account. This can present significant problems for the client during the USCG/EPA vetting process. Read more »
ECM will lead a Seminar in the Italian Shipowners’s Association (Confitarma) in Rome
ECM Europe is pleased to announce the one-day seminar on “Environmental compliance in shipping and the U.S. & E.U. perspective” will be held at the Italian Shipowners Association (Confitarma) Rome on Monday 30th of January, 2012.
This seminar organized for all Confitarma members, provides important guidance to companies in devising or streamlining their own EMS, to meet the additional demands of US and potentially EU requirements, which in turn could provide protection under the US Coast Guard’s Voluntary Disclosure Policy for environmental violations.
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ECM’s California Office/Operations
ECM is pleased to announce some changes in its California office/operations. Firstly, ECM would like to introduce the newest member of its team, Stephen Edinger, Manager, California Operations.
Steve has spent his professional career protecting California’s wildlife and natural environments, serving over 28 years in environmental law enforcement.
He began his career in 1982 as a law enforcement ranger with the National Park Service.
Korean shipping company pleads guilty to environmental crimes
A Korean shipping company pled guilty on January 12, 2012 to three felonies involving environmental crimes violations.
The Company was sentenced by a federal judge in Honolulu to pay a $1.1 million dollar fine . $250,000 of which will be used to improve Hawaii’s coral reefs.
The company admitted to dumping oily bilge waste into the waters off Hawaii, and tried to cover it up by falsifying the ship’s record book.
ISO 50001:2011 Energy Management Systems
ISO 50001:2011 specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving an energy management system, whose purpose is to enable an organization to follow a systematic approach in achieving continual improvement of energy performance, including energy efficiency, energy use and consumption.
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