IMPA warns against competition and deregulation

The role of pilots involves a degree of danger when boarding or diembarking vessels (IMPA)

The International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) has warned against the creeping trends of competition and deregulation in pilotage, saying the evidence does not stack up in its favour.

The pilots’ representative association suggests that deregulation and competition are ‘the surest routes to governments locking themselves and their public out of that opportunity’.

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