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dcterms:Date	"2000-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Short sea shipping2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20000706.14.4-384"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-06-Speech-4-3852
lpv:speaker	lp:Gérard Caudron2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2002-07-09)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Peijs, I should first of all like to congratulate the rapporteur on the quality of her report. All the previous speakers have said this, and, like you, regretted the fact that short sea shipping suffered from such a poor image in terms of its slowness and inefficiency, even though it provides one solution to traffic congestion, high infrastructure and environmental costs. Moreover, in recent years, this form of transport has enjoyed an unquestionable success, even though it is not very well known, or not well enough. It does however offer, as you said, advantages in terms of costs, energy, efficiency, regional cohesion, the environment and even intermodality, as it is an ideal means in the implementation of multimodal transportation. Measures must therefore be taken at the earliest possible opportunity to step up the efficiency of dockside operations and reduce waiting times in port. Speaking personally, I would insist on the public authorities playing a part, at regional as well as national and European levels. There are, however, two points in your report that I have a problem with. Firstly, the proposal to draw up a list of ports particularly suitable for short sea shipping. I do not consider such a list to be necessary, as it entails a risk of penalising the ports which are not currently entirely suitable, but which are going to be modified in future. Moreover, there is a suggestion that the logistical services offered to users should be combined in a single unit. I am in favour of an information system but, personally, I reject the idea that a thriving major port should have central control of all the services. Finally, I should have liked, as a member of the Industry Committee, to have heard someone say clearly that short sea shipping must not be considered as an alternative, but that indeed an intermodal strategy should be found, establishing complementarity between modes of transport. In this context and in this spirit, the Member States should moreover harmonise their regulations so as to prevent distortions, which, particularly in the case of mainland transport, often cause hold-ups. If we wish to achieve a multimodal system, it is important to have a set of means of transport and regulations that are, if not common to all, then at least perfectly harmonised."@en1

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