The Propeller Club in Europe

The Northern & Central Europe Region Clubs are associated in the "Association of European Propeller Clubs", with as from 2002, headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Its purpose -being originally to defend and support the interests of the US Merchant Marine industry - has been logically extended to become a platform of the International Shipping and Transport Community in general. It has become an international business Club where Executives active in International Transport and related activities gather and exchange ideas.

Today, the European Clubs belonging to the Associaion of European Propeller Clubs are 25. They are based in Antwerpen (Be), Barcelona (ESP), Cherbourg, Concarneau, Dunkerque (F), Fort de France (F-Dom-Tom), Genève (CH), La Rochelle & Saintonge, Le Havre (F),Italy South Napoli, Lorient-Port Louis (F), Londres (UK), Lyon (F),Madrid, Marseille (F), Monaco , Nantes-St Nazaire (F), Paris (F), Point-à-Pitre (F-Dom-Tom),Rouen (F), St Malo (F), Sète (F), Strassbourg (F), Valencia (ESP).

The Propeller Club in Geneva

The Propeller Club, Port of Geneva distinguishes itself from most Propeller Clubs as it does not dispose of a sea port. Still, it has other assets that make it one of the major Port Clubs in Europe: the presence of most International Organisations, of which UNCTAD, a concentration of international Trading and Shipping companies, the presence of specialised banks in structured Trade Finance. As recognized centre for International Trading, Shipping and related Finance, Geneva therefore positions itself in direct competition with major places like London.
Today our Club counts over 100 members, all executives in Shipping, Trading and related activities.
Every month, the members of the Propeller Club, Port of Geneva are invited at a lunch or dinner, at the occasion of which they invite a speaker to present a subject of interest to the members. As a matter of example, the following subjects have been handled recently: arbitration clauses: impact, risks; transfer of property: rules under different legislation. Every year, the Club also organises at least one more extensive conference on a special subject. At such occasions, we generally have a panel of specialists coming from different companies in Europe. Subjects handled during the last few years have been: Hamburg Rules in Shipping, Letters of Indemnity (LOI) in trading and in shipping, general average, arrest of ships, seizure of accounts under different legislation etc., many other subjects to come. In average, such conferences were attended by over 100 executives active in the local trading and shipping community.

Our monthly lunch and dinner conferences are generally attended by 35 to 50 people according to the subject

For our 2011 program, please see below.