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". – I voted for the Bakopoulos report to ensure our seas are safe and that ship pollution is prevented.
I endorse the proposal to establish a Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships as it takes on board many of Parliament’s proposals.
The new committee will establish greater transparency, implement Community policies more coherently, reduce bureaucracy and minimise costs.
Water transport is the poor transport relation. If the Commission is intent upon developing ‘motorways of the sea,’ promoting sea transport and establishing shipping links as part of the trans-European network, sea-faring countries such Ireland must be given equal treatment.
The European fleet has shrunk. Fewer people want to become seafarers. The EU has lost 40% of its sailors. By 2006 the EU will need 36,000 sailors.
Ships carry over 70% of all trade between the Community and the rest of the world. Each year two billion tonnes of different goods pass through European ports. Short-sea shipping carries 41% of goods traffic within the Community. Sea transport is operating below capacity. It can offer a real alternative to land transport."@en1
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