Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-05-23-Speech-3-248-500"
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"en.20120523.15.3-248-500"2
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"The long-term economic damage caused by oil tanker accidents is immense, with incalculable consequences for the whole of our environment. The regions directly affected often have their very livelihood come under threat and are unable to deal with the pollution on their own. Assistance programmes costing billions then have to be financed, while increased insurance premiums for tankers are passed up the value chain and added to end prices. As a result, it is once again the customers worldwide who foot the bill for tanker accidents. The accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers is therefore something that I consider to be of great importance. An oil slick caused by an oil tanker accident is an ecological disaster and a tragedy for human and animal life. We should learn from the mistakes of the past and try to reduce the risk of oil pollution caused by accidents in European waters by phasing-in double-hulls as soon as possible. Such a double-hull design protects the cargo tanks in the event of an accident, thereby reducing the risk of pollution. I therefore voted in favour of the report."@en1
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