SEA Europe (European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association), welcomes the launch of the new LeaderSHIP 2020 strategy to increase the competitiveness of the European maritime technology industry. It was presented by Vice President of the European Commission responsible for enterprise and industry policy Antonio Tajani on the 20th of February 2013 in Brussels.

The SEA Europe will represent an Industry, which generates more than 72 billion € turnover annually and offers employment in high profile jobs for more than 500.000 Europeans. The new associations will represent close to 100% of the European shipbuilding industry in 18 Nations, encompassing the production, maintenance, repair and conversion of all types of ships and floating structures, commercial as well as naval including the full supply chain with the various producers of maritime systems, equipment material, and services.

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