Commission: launch of the call for applications for the new EU Industrial Maritime Value Chains Alliance

The European Commission has launched a call for applications to join the new EU Industrial Maritime Value Chains Alliance on 2 September 2026. The alliance was announced in the Communication on the EU industrial maritime strategy in late March.

Bringing together maritime manufacturers, shipowners, and other downstream users, Member States and their regions, investors, and social partners, the alliance aims to help strengthen Europe’s maritime industrial and technological sovereignty in identified lead markets. Notably, segments with a potential to bolster Europe’s maritime manufacturing capacity.

The Commission also specifies that it will:
• help to create business cases for scaling up production and deployment in market segments and technologies relevant for the EU manufacturing base and…