Hamburg, Germany — The Container Ship Safety Forum e.V. (CSSF) has taken an important step in its development by welcoming the first four Associated Members into the association. Resolve Marine, DNV, Wilhelmsen Ships Serviceand Lloyd’s Register have joined the forum with effect from September 2025.
Associated Membership is a new category created to broaden industry participation and enhance collaboration with key stakeholders beyond ship managers and owners. The four inaugural Associated Members represent leading expertise in classification, marine services, emergency response and global ship supply.
“The introduction of Associated Membership enables the CSSF to strengthen cooperation across the wider maritime industry. We are delighted to welcome Resolve Marine, DNV, Wilhelmsen Ships Service and Lloyd’s Register as our first Associated Members, and we look forward to their contributions to our shared work on safety performance and best practice in container shipping,” says Søren Thuen, First Chairman of the CSSF and representative of Maersk.
With the addition of the new Associated Members, CSSF continues to grow as a platform for exchange, benchmarking and collaboration. The forum’s members now include 30 ship managers and owners, alongside the newly introduced Associated Members.