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The Luxembourg Maritime Cluster and the Spuerkeess are pleased to invite you to an exclusive symposium on โ€œDeep Connections: Submarine Cables, Global Power, and Risksโ€œ.

Date: ย May 12, 2025, at 18:30.
Venue: Spuerkeess premises.

Join us for an evening of expert insights into the world of global connectivity, where submarine cable infrastructure plays a key role, combining technical expertise with strategic perspectives.

We thank our premium member the Spuerkeess for hosting this event in their premises & We look forward to welcoming you!

๐Ÿ“‹ Program:

18:15 โ€” Opening doors.

18:30 โ€” Welcome address by Mr. Nobby Brausch, Senior Vice President & Head of Department Corporate Banking at the Spuerkeess.

18:40 โ€” Introduction to Submarine Cables & Baltic Sea Challenges by Mr. Ragmar Saksing, General Manager at the Estonian Maritime Cluster.

18:55 โ€” Connecting Continents: Safeguarding Global Networks – From Risks to Protection by Mr. Filip Olde Bijvank, Head of Commercial Subsea Cables at Jan De Nul Group.

19:25 โ€” Q&A Session.

19:35 โ€” Closing Remarks by Mr. David Lutty, Vice-President at the Luxembourg Maritime Cluster.

The conference will be followed by a networking cocktail.

 

Reserve your seat by registering below!

โ†“ย PAST EVENTSย โ†“

FLOATING EVENT โ€” 24/03/2025

๐Ÿ’ก ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ: ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ

What an inspiring evening discussing the future of floating architecture and maritime innovation! Thank you to our distinguished speakers for sharing their expertise:

โ€ข Giancarlo Manfredi โ€” MEYER Floating Solutions
โ€ข Argo Sildvee โ€” Estonian Marine and Manufacturing Initiative – EMI
โ€ข Tony Philp ย & Eric Guillermet โ€” Nomadic Floating Island (NFI)

From the Baltic Sea to the French Riviera, we explored how floating infrastructure is revolutionizing waterfront development across Europe.

Special thanks to Jean Schaffner โ€” A&O Shearman Luxembourg for hosting us in their exceptional premises, and to Malte Brandes โ€” MEYER NEPTUN Luxemburg for supporting this event.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Stay tuned for our next conference ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, focusing on ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ with Jan De Nul Group & the Estonian Maritime Cluster at our premium member premises Spuerkeess!

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ESG CONFERENCE โ€” 14/11/2023

๐ŸŒฟ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜พ๐™Ž๐™๐˜ฟ ๐™Š๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ

The Cluster for Logistics, the Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois, and KPMG Luxembourg invited to a conference on the implications of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) on decarbonization strategies. Mr. Prijot Henri, Partner at KPMG Luxembourg, welcomed the over 70 participants on the KPMG premises. Ms. Jil Brimaire, from the Cluster for Logistics, led through the conference.

The dynamic panel discussion was moderated by Mr. Thibaud Bastien, Advisor at the House of Sustainability. The panelists discussed different aspects around the CSRD from logistics, maritime, finance, and consulting perspectives. Mr. Charbel Moussa, PhD noted that the: ยซย ๐˜Š๐˜š๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต.ย ยป

Many thanks to the panelists for the insightful discussion:

– Ms.ย Julie Castiaux, Partner & Sustainability Lead atย KPMG Luxembourg

– Ms.ย Catherine Wurth, Head of Sustainability atย BGL BNP Paribas

– Mr.ย Charbel Moussa, PhD, Partner Sustainability atย KPMG Nederland

– Mr.ย Florian Czech, Head of Sustainability atย CFL – Sociรฉtรฉ Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois

๐ŸคMany thanks to KPMG Luxembourg for hosting the event.

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HYDROGEN EVENT โ€” 20/11/2023

The European Network of Maritime Clusters (ENMC) organized jointly with the Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois (CML) (๐—–๐— ๐—Ÿ) a panel discussion on Hydrogen: The Future of Shipping? Belgium & Luxembourg’s place in the Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of Hydrogen on November 20th, 2023, in Brussels, in parallel to theย European Hydrogen Week,ย at theย Luxembourg Embassy in Brussels.

H.E. Jean-Louis Thill, Ambassador of Luxembourg in Brussels, gave theย ๐˜–๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉย and introduced our speakers and our moderator Professor Mikaa Blugeon-Mered, who returned from a mission in Antarctica the day before.

Mikaa Blugeon-Mered gave an introduction on 2030 Hydrogen Target Unlikely to be Delivered: Why and How Could Benelux save the EU? and before the panel discussion, the speakers gave a short presentation. Roy Campe โ€” CMB.TECH, presented the diversity of activities of the company and the different transport modes powered by hydrogen. Nicolas Brahy โ€” Hy24, presented the fund and projects, such as H2 Green Steel, which will produce green steel, reducing COโ‚‚ emissions by up to 95 percent compared to traditional steelmaking. Luc Arnouts โ€” Port of Antwerp-Bruges, discussed the transition of the Port towards a sustainable future with a new fleet, hydrogen views, and the positioning as a hub.

๐ŸŒŠ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ:
– Enough with political divisions and constructed oppositions; everything is now in place to start going big and decarbonizing as fast as possible.
– Ports are ready to take a leading role, both on hydrogen imports โ€” by developing and adapting their infrastructure to welcome increasingly complex green and synthetic molecules come 2030 โ€” and on domestic hydrogen production โ€” by fostering local circular business models, innovation, and by acting as early-adopters of key hydrogen technologies such as hydrogen-powered tug boats, offshore wind service shuttles, hydrogen cranes, support trucks, automated container dispatchers, and so on.
– Benelux ports such as Antwerp-Bruges, Rotterdam and Amsterdam are leading this scale-up and paving the way for other European ports to follow suit, and Luxembourgish actors in shipbuilding, fleet management, legal advisory and multimodal fluvial and road logistics are supporting this change, too.

Malte Brandes, Managing Director of Meyer Neptun (part of Meyer Group) and CML board member gave the ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, and mentioned the challenges faced by a company building the world’s largest cruise ships.

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AUTUMN CONFERENCE โ€” 14/11/2023

The Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois organized jointly with the French Embassy in Luxembourg, the Autumn Conference, on November 14th, 2023, at the residence of H. E. Claire Ligniรจres-Counathe, Ambassador of France in Luxembourg.

This conference highlighted French and Luxembourgish synergies in the maritime sector through the companies’ activities in both countries and their maritime Clusters collaborating well through the European Network of Maritime Clusters (ENMC).

H. E. Claire Ligniรจres-Counathe gave an Opening Speech welcoming the participants, and two presentations followed it:

– Patrick Belenfant, Director of Bourbon Wind (part of BOURBON), discussed their activities, particularly floating winds. The company has well-known expertise in this field and installed floating winds around Europe. With this recent technology and still improving, they are confronted with many challenges, such as ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด’ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ (๐˜Œ๐˜—๐˜Š๐˜) ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด…

Fernand Bozzoni, Chairman of SOCATRA and of the Vedettes de Paris, discussed the green transition. He shared his point of view as an owner of a shipping company confronted with the lack of support for investing in greener but more expensive vessels, with fewer capacities due to the space taken by the alternative fuels, and bunkers costs multiplied by three in the future. The situation remains without any answers, and accordingly, the following question is: ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ?

Before concluding, Frรฉdรฉric Moncany de St-Aignan, took the floor to discuss more in detail the French and Luxembourgish maritime synergies at the European level and reminded the audience of the importance of the Clusters, and in our case, our national maritime Clusters, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

Then, Fabrice Maire gave the Closing Speech, during which he thanked Frรฉdรฉric Moncany de St-Aignan for all his work during his mandates as Chairman of the Cluster Maritime Franรงais, and wished him good luck for the new adventures coming. H.E. Claire Ligniรจres-Counathe thanked the participants and invited them to a cocktail. We thank H.E. Claire Ligniรจres-Counatheย and the Embassy team for the warm welcome and collaboration with the Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois!

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MARITIME WORKSHOP โ€” 12/10/2023

The Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeoisย organized its first ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ on October 12th, 2023, at the House of Training โ€” Chamber of Commerce.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

By Professor Jeroen Pruyn from Delft University of Technology.

During an entire day, 18 participants with different backgrounds and specialties from our company members (banks, law firms, shipowner companies, space companies, and inland navigation) challenged themselves through the ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ to understand all the parameters that a shipowner must take into account to get profits: ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด (๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ…), ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด/๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด (๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ), ๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ค.

It was an intensive and immersive session through software developed by Professor Jeroen Pruyn, which allowed the candidate to create a simulation on one year of their business plan.

At the end of the day, they understood the difficulties of managing a fleet, the constraints of the shipowners in a competitive world, and how wrong choices can lead to bankruptcy.

We thank the Professor for this very interesting session, the participants for their participation, and we look forward to organizing a second ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ shortly!

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MARITIME DECARBONIZATION โ€” 11/10/2023

Theย Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeoisย and theย Luxembourg Centre for Logistics & Supply Chain Management organized a hybrid event on ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดย on October 11th, 2023,ย at the CAVE LAB of the LCL โ€” University of Luxembourg. This hybrid conference was held the day before theย ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑย that the Cluster organized for its members with the Professor Jeroen Pruyn.

Professor Jeroen Pruyn gave a brief presentation about decarbonizationย in shipping, the challenges, and shared about the thesis of his Ph.D. researchers, such as: ๐˜–๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ… Then, Hector Firino Martell, Fleet Manager at Socatra, presented the strategy ofย the companyย in the ย green transition and the concrete actions that Socatra carries out: ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏย with 6 methanol MR tankers ordered for 2025-2026, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ for which the estimation is of 7% fuel savings.

Socatra is the shipowner company from which ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด is part, the company that represents the Chairman of the Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeoisย and of the European Network of Maritime Clusters,ย Fabrice Maire. Socatra was created in 1977 and is still a family business. They own 12 vessels, which sail around the world.

Then, two PhD students of the Luxembourg Centre for Logistics & Supply Chain Management โ€” Benny Mantin, presented their research related to maritime and logistics: ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ by Neeraj Podichetty and ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ by Saber Mousavi.

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HYDROGEN CONFERENCE โ€” 20/06/2023

On June 20th, 2023, the Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeoisย & the Spuerkeess jointly organized the Hydrogen: The Future of Shipping? conference. This event aimed to highlight the Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of hydrogen and the place of Luxembourg in it. We had the honor to count on the participation ofย Minister Claude Turmes, Ministรจre de l’ร‰nergie et de l’Amรฉnagement du Territoire,ย Mikaa Mered, Sciences Po Paris, andย Herbert Jost, DEME Group.

Mikaa Mered,ย gave a fascinating and dynamic presentation,ย Geoeconomic & Geopolitics of the AlternativeFuels: the Hydrogen Factor.ย He provided an overview of hydrogen, including the lack of common policies,ย the critical metals supply, and the risks. He reminded us of the undeniable place of the maritime sector in the transportationย and tradeย of this alternative fuel and the opportunities to seize.ย Everything is still to be made.ย Then, Herbert Jost,ย  presented Green Molecules for Europe; DEME’s green hydrogen projects in the MENA Region and Beyond..ย This presentation was about DEME’s ยซย Hyportย ยป projects in Oman, Egypt, and Morocco. The projects aim to have a complete green hydrogen value chain. He also mentioned critical factors for the success of such projects and their developments by others: lack of investments and guarantees, equipment costs, technological capabilitiesโ€ฆ

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OFFICIAL MISSION IN DUBLIN โ€” 12-14/06/2023

On June 13th, 2023, the delegation visited the Port of Dublin. The participants were welcomed on a boat to visit the site. At the same time, split into small groups, the port authorities explained the port’s activities to the participants. They saw several vessels, including a Seatruck Ferries, a company acquired by CLdN end of 2022. ย Then, the delegation visited MV Sixtine, aย CLdNย vessel.ย The participants were lucky to discuss with the captain, who took the time to answer questions and share his experience.

During the Luxembourg-Ireland Economic Forum, the Luxembourg Maritime Cluster co-organized the Navigating New Trade Realities: The Future of Shipping and Logistics Seminar. The session wasย in two parts: the first discussed an essential matter for trend, the Windsor Agreement, which will have a considerable impact. The second part focused on energy transition. We tried to keep a dual approach to show that the challenges are the same to reduce emissions in the Maritime & Logistics industries, but the realities and ways to proceed differ.

With the participation of Manifests Ireland, Seatruck Ferries, the Irish Department of ย Transport, Bureau Veritas, d’Amico, Wallenborn.

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TRANSPORT LOGISTICS โ€” 09-12/05/2023

The Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois asbl was with a stand at Transport Logistics 2023 in Munich.

It was the opportunity to represent the #maritime sector with other stakeholders from the #logistics sector under Luxembourg’s pavilion. Some members of the #Cluster were with a stand, such as CLdN, CFL multimodal, Luxport-Group, Stenaย Line.

See you in 2025!

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ACCOMPANIED VISIT AT ANTWERP-BRUGES PORT โ€” 28/05/2023

The Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois asbl organized an Accompanied Visit at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges on April 28th, 2023. The group comprised several Cluster members, the Luxembourg maritime administration, and the Business Club Belgium-Luxembourg.

The participants had the luck to meet the maritime authorities from the Port, which gave them a presentation. They talked about their activities and specificities, the merger, and their aims for the future. ย After the presentation of the port authorities, the participants visited the port and a CLdN vessel.

We thank our Vice-President, Michel Cigrang, for making this Accompanied Visit possible and showing the participants the CLdN’s business activities!ย And thanks to the participants for joining us!
Bourbon Luxembourg Services, DEME Group, Intershipping, Jan De Nul Group, Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Marsh, Kouros, Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Meyer Neptun, andย Pinsent Masons. LinkedIn post

CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCE โ€” 07/02/2023

On February 7th, 2023, the Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois asbl and the Embassy of Belgium in Luxembourg, held a conference about Cybersecurity in the maritime sector, at the residence of H.E. Thomas Lambert, Ambassador of Belgium to Luxembourg.

The discussion was led by the moderator Melanie Delannoy (Kleos Space). After the opening speech of H.E. Thomas Lambert, the conference started with the insurance market and coverage in cybersecurity given by Anne-Sophie Coppens and Charlotte van Bouwel (Marsh).ย It was followed by a video presentation about the Cyber resilience strategy of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, given by Yannick Herrebaut.

The European Space Agency (ESA) took part in the conference. Jean-Luc Trullemansย provided insights about the risks faced by autonomous vessels and the vulnerability of space and shipping in front of cyber threats.ย The guests had the honor to count on the participation of Admiral De Beurme, who gave the point of view of The Belgian Navy. He highlighted the necessity of having a multi-domain approach to have the capacity to face threats.

Before concluding, RHEA Group, represented by Pascal Rogiest, presented their activities and works already achieved in the maritime sector. After a Q&A session, David Lutty, Vice-President of the Luxembourg Maritime Cluster, closed the conference. The event continued with a networking cocktail.

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GREEN BONDS PRESENTATION โ€” 25/10/2022

On October 25th, 2022, theย Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois asbl and the Luxembourg Stock Exchangeย jointly organized a presentation at the Cercle Mรผnster with a focus on sustainable debt instruments that are instrumental in funding the retrofits of vessels and the adoption of clean-reliable technologies in the maritime sector by 2030.

The event gathered almost 40 people from the local shipping ecosystem around the table, notably shipowners, bankers, lawyers, and Luxembourg maritime administration. The banks and law firms present during this event have decided to join forces with the Luxembourg Stock Exchange to ease the issuance process for shipping companies through a one-stop-shop solution.ย The Maritime Affairs are currently working on a green shipping plan and paying particular attention to this initiative.

Clรฉment Drescher,ย Sustainable Finance Specialist, gave us interesting insights on the current landscape of sustainable finance in the maritimeย sector with a specific focus on sustainability-linked bonds and explained how the LuxSE can support companies in their sustainability journey.

We thank our Clusterโ€™s members for their participation: CLdN, Cobelfretย , dโ€™Amico, DEME, Euronav, Intershipping, Jan De Nul Group, Leyer Neptun, Stena, and the LuxSE team for this collaboration.

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