Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-04-11-Speech-1-162"
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"Mr President, first of all, I should like to thank Mr Navarro for his fine report and excellent cooperation. The report on short sea shipping is an important one because it is a new step in our search of means of keeping freight off the roads and of promoting more environmentally friendly modes of transport. Indeed, if we do nothing, our roads will clog up. Short sea shipping can play a positive and important role in an intermodal transport system if flanking measures are taken at different levels. For example, in my view, we should not develop short sea shipping randomly, but we should carefully analyse the routes that need to be developed, in particular the ‘motorways of the sea’, in order to achieve the largest possible, positive impact. The development not only of new ports but also of new transport movements in the hinterland necessitate a strategic environmental impact report on the planned routes. We must therefore avoid new or even bigger bottlenecks being created.
Finally, we must at the same time make progress on the issue of emissions. Ships pollute to some degree. Road transport has been subjected to strict standards where pollution is concerned, but marine fuels are lagging behind somewhat, and so I am pleased that, coincidentally, the Hassi report, which aims to significantly reduce the sulphur content in marine fuels, certainly in the most sensitive zones, is also being voted on this week."@en1
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