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 By virtue of its geography, its history and, nowadays, of globalisation, the European Union is still very dependent on maritime transport: Over 90% of its external trade and some 43% of its internal trade goes by sea; more than 1 billion tonnes of freight a year are loaded and unloaded in EU ports. Maritime companies belong to European Union nationals control one third of the world fleet, and some 40% of EU trade is carried on vessels controlled by EU interests. The maritime transport sector - including shipbuilding, ports, fishing and related industries and services - employ around 2.5 million people in the European Union. As in air, road and river transport, in maritime transport too the process of liberalisation and opening up national markets to competition within the EU is almost complete. Regrettably this necessary process has not been enough to slow the steady drift of the EU fleet towards "flags of convenience", countries which are far more attractive to shipowners than Europe in terms of taxation, social legislation and safety or environmental standards. As regard more mainly the freight sector, the European Union decided on two lines of action: to devise a global strategy to make the EU fleet competitive again, by means of "positive measures". to improve on-board safety and environmental protection through strict enforcement of international standards within the EU. Click on: Maritime policy Creation date : 08/05/2008 @ 00:48 | Organizer
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