Conference association closes its doors

As part of the nowbanned “conference” system, the European Liner Affairs Association (ELAA) has closed its office doors in Brussels. It was established in May 2003 to represent the interests of the world’s liner shipping industry in its negotiations of that time with the European Commission (EC) and other relevant institutions. The World Shipping Council (WSC) is now responsible for all regulatory issues for the liner shipping industry – with its web page at: www.worldshipping.org The trade data from the former ELAA will continue to be available on the old ELAA website – now under the management of Container Trades Statistics (CTS).