European Maritime Day celebrated on 20 May each year, seeks to raise European citizens’ awareness of the seas and their importance. The Luxembourg Maritime Cluster organizes each year an event around this period.
The Cluster celebrated European Maritime Day in 2023!
This year the Luxembourg Maritime Cluster celebrated EMD during the event organized in Brest, France, by the European Commission, with the European Network of Maritime Clusters (ENMC). The CML also celebrated EMD during its Gala des Armateurs organized on May 16th, 2023.
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↓ PAST EVENTS ↓
EMD 2023 — 24-26/05/2023
France hosted the European Maritime Day in Brest (May 24-25), during which a delegation of the European Network of Maritime Clusters (ENMC) was present with 5 national maritime Clusters: the French Maritime Cluster, the Luxembourg Maritime Cluster, Federazionne del Mare, Cluster Maritimo Español, Fórum Oceano.
The ENMC actively participated in conferences and organized a dinner on May 25. During this evening, interesting insights were shared. We had the luck to count representatives of DG Mare and other partners among us.
The ENMC Coordinator and Cluster Manager of the Luxembourg Maritime Cluster, Axelle Salvage, met the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans, and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, to represent Eurocean’s Youth network and introduce the ENMC as an association with the wish to collaborate and strengthen the maritime voices in the Blue Economy.
The ENMC delegation attended the launch of the Blue Forum on May 26, and looks forward to collaborating in this new initiative.
EMD 2022 — 18/05/2022
On May 20th, 2022, the Cluster with the Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management organized a conference for European Maritime Day 2022 about autonomous shipping, MASS & USV. This event took place at KPMG Luxembourg. After opening speeches given by Mr. Prijot Henri & Prof. Benny Mantin, we had three presentations
> Mr. Hans-Christoph Burmeister from Fraunhofer-Centre for Maritime Logistics and Services presented a study case related to cost savings due to MASS;
> Mr. Mike Lycke from Jan De Nul Group gave us a presentation about the USV Beluga 01;
> Mr. Bert Declerck from GEOxyz showed us the different USVs of the company and their activities.
The presentations were followed by a Q&A session and a networking cocktail. It was a great event that gave many insights about MASS, USV & the future of shipping to all the participants!
EMD 2021 — 20/05/2021
Odyssea association and the Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois organize a webinar on May 20th, 2022, to celebrate European Maritime Day 2021.
Odyssea with its Chairman Mr. Pierre Gallego, presented its research around the world and actions to preserve & converse marine fauna.
The webinar was streamed from the studio of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce.
EMD 2019 — 28/05/2019
Odyssea association and the Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois organize a conference on May 28th, 2019, to celebrate European Maritime Day 2019.
Odyssea, with its Chairman Mr. Pierre Gallego, presented its research around the world and actions to preserve & converse marine fauna.
The conference was held at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce.
