Update on the ECTA leadership positions and its EU regulatory focus as of 2026

ECTA has a historical longstanding commitment towards improving safety and responsible care in the chemical logistics sector. As the chemical industry dynamics have drastically been changing in the last decade, extra ECTA focus pillars like decarbonization, digitalization and DEI (diversity-equality-inclusion) got added enabling new dialogues, workgroups and network opportunities for all the ECTA members. 

In 2025 and driven by the challenging times, the ECTA board felt the need to add a new and extra EU regulatory focus pillar and this due to unclear, complex or unstable EU regulatory frameworks impacting chemical transports and logistics operations. More specifically, in the second half of 2025 the ECTA Board took the decision that ECTA has to strengthen its presence in public corporations, such as DG Move, European Parliament, UNECE, IRU, CEFIC …, to better lobby in the interest of its ECTA members.

To achieve this new ambition and goal the ECTA board is proud to announce that Andreas Zink, former ECTA president will join the ECTA team as of January 1, 2026. In his role, Andreas will become the new ECTA Managing Director and will also lead the new Regulatory EU focus pillar. He will be replacing Peter Devos who becomes the new ECTA Digitalization Director.

The ECTA board want to sincerely thank Peter Devos for his 9 years of significant contribution as the ECTA Managing Director. During his mandate and supported by the ECTA team, he helped to grow the ECTA association and shaped it to an influential industry association with real chemical logistics impact and over 120 ECTA members. In addition, he put the foundations in place for the digitalization pillar, the ECLIC vzw striving for standardized eDocument exchanges and Women in Logistics, responsibilities he will continue to embrace under his new ECTA digitalization role.