European Parliament report highlights maritime issues
06 May 2010
The new report looks at the role the European Union can play to help the maritime sector become more competitive.
A European Parliament report highlighting the importance of the maritime transport sector to Europe’s economy, authored by European Conservatives and Reformists member Peter Van Dalen MEP, was adopted yesterday.
The report sets out the parliament’s response to a recently published European Commission communication covering the sector. Mr Van Dalen focused on the role that the European Union can play to assist the sector in becoming more competitive and to improve its environmental performance.
The report covers a number of issues facing the sector including training, state aid, working conditions and sustainability. Mr Van Dalen calls for maritime occupations to be made more attractive to younger people, for maritime workers from outside the EU to reach a minimum level of training and for state aid to be permitted only in exceptional cases. The report also stresses the role that the maritime sector can play in reducing harmful emissions.
Speaking after the adoption of his report Mr Van Dalen, who is a Vice President of the transport committee from Holland said, ‘Europe’s maritime transport sector is of vital importance for getting people, goods and our economic activity moving once again. The European Union does have a role to play in securing the future of the maritime industry by making it an attractive prospect for young people and by supporting cleaner ships and new technologies to improve sustainability.
‘As we continue to work towards the completion of the EU’s Single Market, we need our maritime sector more than ever and I hope that this report sets out a strategy to strengthen maritime transport in the EU.’
The report is available at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/file.jsp?id=5802072
The report covers a number of issues facing the sector including training, state aid, working conditions and sustainability. Mr Van Dalen calls for maritime occupations to be made more attractive to younger people, for maritime workers from outside the EU to reach a minimum level of training and for state aid to be permitted only in exceptional cases. The report also stresses the role that the maritime sector can play in reducing harmful emissions.
Speaking after the adoption of his report Mr Van Dalen, who is a Vice President of the transport committee from Holland said, ‘Europe’s maritime transport sector is of vital importance for getting people, goods and our economic activity moving once again. The European Union does have a role to play in securing the future of the maritime industry by making it an attractive prospect for young people and by supporting cleaner ships and new technologies to improve sustainability.
‘As we continue to work towards the completion of the EU’s Single Market, we need our maritime sector more than ever and I hope that this report sets out a strategy to strengthen maritime transport in the EU.’
The report is available at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/file.jsp?id=5802072
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