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Members

ESPO membership consists of the port authorities, port administrations and port associations of the seaports of the European Union. The organisation is furthermore open to observer members from countries neighbouring the EU.

The membership structure is organised on national level and finds its reflection in the General Assembly of the organisation where each EU member country has three official delegates with voting right (and in some instance official proxies) and neighbouring countries have one observer delegate each. Each EU member country also has a formal delegate in the Executive Committee, which is the daily policy-making body of the organisation.

Chairman and Vice-Chairmen

The General Assembly elects a Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen for a mandate of two years. For the period 2009-2010 these are:

Manuel Gomez Martin

Victor Schoenmakers
Chairman of ESPO
(The Netherlands)

Manuel Gomez Martin
Vice-Chairman of ESPO
(Spain)

Julian Skelnik
Vice-Chairman of ESPO
(Poland)

Membership overview

Country National Port Entity General Assembly Representative Executive Committee Representative
Belgium None Eddy Bruyninckx (Port of Antwerp) Christien Van Vaerenberg (Port of Antwerp)
Joachim Coens (Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge)
Peter Mortier (Port of Ghent)
Bulgaria Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company Miroslav Milanov  
Evgeniy Moskov
Cyprus Cyprus Ports Authority Anthia Klerides (CPA) Yiannakis Kokkinos (CPA)
Yiannakis Kokkinos (CPA)
Demetris Phellas (CPA)
Chrysis Prentzas (CPA)
Denmark Danish Ports Jakob Svane (Danish Ports) Jakob Svane (Danish Ports)
Uffe Steine Jensen (Danish Ports)
Bjarne Mathiesen (Port of Aarhus)
Peter Jens Peters (Associated Danish Ports)
Estonia None Ain Kaljurand (Port of Tallinn) Alan Kiil
Allan Kiil (Port of Tallinn)
Sven Ratassepp
Finland Finnish Port Association Markku Mylly (Finnish Port Association) Markky Mylly (Finish Port Association)
Henry Lindelöf (Finnish Port Association)
Heikki Nissinen (Port of Helsinki)
France Union des Ports de France (UPF) Martine Bonny (Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque) Geoffroy Caude (UPF)
Laurent Castaing (Port Autonome du Havre)
Philippe Deiss (Grand Port Maritime de Rouen)
Patrick Fourgeaud (CCI de Calais)
Germany None

Bettina Linkogel (Ministry - Bremen)

Jana Schiedek (Hamburg Port Authority)
Burkhard Müller (Ministry of Economy, Work and Transport - Lower Saxony)
K. Richter (Ministry of Economy - Mecklenburg - Vorpommern)
Jana Schiedek (Hamburg Port Authority)
Bernd Unger (Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit un Verkehr)
Greece None NN (Piraeus Port Authority SA)  
Kostas Platikostas (Patras Port Authority SA)
NN (Thessaloniki Port Authority)
Ireland Irish Ports Association Enda Connellan (Dublin Port) Enda Connellan (ff) (Irish Ports Association)
Brendan Keating (Port of Cork Company)
Enda Connellan (ff) (Irish Ports Association)
Italy Associazione Porti Italiana - Assoporti Paolo Ferrandino (Assoporti) Francesco Nerli
Francesco Nerli (Assoporti)
NN
Latvia None Irina Gorbatikova (Freeport of Riga Authority) Leonids Loginovs (Freeport of Riga Authority)
Leonids Loginovs (Freeport of Riga Authority)
Vladimirs Makarovs (Freeport of Riga Authority)
Lithuania None Eugnieus Gentvilas (Klaipeda State Seaport Authority) Eugnieus Gentvilas (Klaipeda State Seaport Authority)
Viktoras Lukocevicius (Klaipeda State Seaport Authority)
Malta Malta Maritime Authority Charles Abela (Malta Maritime Authority) Charles Abela (Malta Maritime Authority)
Jason Bongailas (Malta Maritime Authority)
David Bugeja (Malta Maritime Authority)
Netherlands None Dertje Meijer (Port of Amsterdam) Wilko Tijsse Claase (Port of Amsterdam)
Peter Mollema (Port of Rotterdam)
David Moolenburgh (Zeeland SeaPorts)
Norway Norwegian Ports Federation Odd Gerhard Andreassen (Norwegian Ports Federation) Rune Mjös (Norwegian Ports Federation)
Anne Sigrid Hamran (Oslo Port Authority)
Rune Mjös (Norwegian Ports Federation)
Poland None Janusz Catewicz (Port of Szczecin-Swinoujscie) Julian Skelnik (Port of Gdansk)
Przemyslaw Marchlewicz (Port of Gdynia Authority S.A.)
Julian Skelnik (Port of Gdansk)
Portugal APP - Association Ports of Portugal Antonio Ricardo de Oliveira Fonseca (APDL - Admin. Portos do Douro e Leixoes) NN
Joao Matos Fernandes (APP - Association Ports of Portugal)
Lidia Sequeira (APP - Association Ports of Portugal)
Romania None Ioan Balan (National Company "Maritime Ports Administration" SA Constantza) Ioan Balan
Andreea Nistor (SA National Company "Maritime Ports Administration" Constantza)
Slovenia Luka Koper Jamnik (Luka Koper) Boris Jerman (Luka Koper)
Boris Jerman (Luka Koper)
Spain Puertos del Estado Ramon Gomez-Ferrer Boldova (Port Authority of Valencia) Manuel Gómez (Puertos del Estado
Manuel Morón (Port of Algeciras Bay)
Fernando Gonzales Laxe (Puertos del Estado)
Sweden Ports of Sweden Mikael Castanius (Ports of Sweden) MIkael Castanius
Lennart Pettersson (Copenhagen Malmö Port AB)
Eric Nilsson (Göteborgs Hamn AB)
United Kingdom British Ports Association / UK Major Ports Group Richard Bird (UK Majors Ports Group Ltd) Richard Bird and David Whitehead (alternate)
Paul Davey (Port of Felixstowe)
Martin Putman (Portsmouth Commercial Port)
David Whitehead (British Ports Association)
Observers Members
Croatia Croation Ports Association Bojan Hlaca (Port of Rijeka Authority)  
Iceland Associated Icelandic Ports - AIP Gisli Gislason (Associated Icelandic Ports - AIP)  
Israel Israel Ports Company Dov Frohlinger (Israel Ports Company)