ESL Shipping’s Managing Director Mikki Koskinen has been elected as Vice President to the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) for the years 2024 and 2025. According to the established practice, the Vice-President is elected as President after the two-year term as Vice-President.
Mikki Koskinen is the first Finn in the leadership of ECSA, which acts as the voice of the European shipping industry, striving for a regulatory environment that fosters the international competitiveness of responsible European shipping.
”European shipping is at the forefront of responsible shipping. It is interesting to be the first Finn to lead the European umbrella organisation of shipping companies in an increasingly challenging operating environment,” says Koskinen.
The EU’s role in shipping regulation has increased significantly in recent years. The changed foreign and security policy situation emphasises the importance of shipping for EU and Finland in particular, as 96 per cent of our foreign trade is carried by sea”, Koskinen continues.
Since 2013, Mikki Koskinen has been the Managing Director of ESL Shipping, the leading carrier of dry bulk cargoes in the Baltic Sea region. ESL Shipping is a subsidiary of Aspo Plc and it has been in shipping business for more than 70 years.
For more information, please contact:
Mikki Koskinen, Managing Director, ESL Shipping Ltd, mob. +358 50 351 7791,
firstname.lastname@eslshipping.com
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