Press releases – archive

25.06.21
Day of the Seafarer: Vaccinate seafarers without regard to nationality
Start of vaccination campaign in the Port of Hamburg / VDR and German Seamen’s Mission call for vaccination centres in all German seaports / Enable shore leave and travel / Thanks to seafarers
18.06.21
IMO resolutions: the general course is correct, the ambitions not yet
VDR on the latest IMO climate policy decisions / short-term measures of the MEPC: Insufficient ability to plan ahead for shipping companies / German shipping sector open to discussing market-based measures and stricter IMO climate targets
06.05.21
Training, competition, climate protection: VDR is counting on NMK in Rostock
Securing the next generation of maritime expertise/maintaining support for Germany as a shipping hub/boosting competitiveness/carbon-free fuels key for climate protection
23.02.21
German shipping sector optimistic about future course
2020 balance and outlook / new dynamic in shipping markets despite the pandemic / biggest challenges competitiveness and climate protection / vaccinations for seafarers
28.01.21
Standort Deutschland: Studien zeigen Nutzen der Schifffahrtsförderung auf
Evaluierung zu drei auslaufenden Fördermaßnahmen / Zahl deutscher Seeleute stabil trotz erheblich kleinerer Handelsflotte / VDR: baldige Verlängerung erforderlich