SEAFARER TRAINING/SINGLE HULLS
April 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLMEMBERS of the European Parliament are rushing to push the European Union deeper into the jurisdiction hitherto ruled unchallenged by the International Maritime Organisation, by trying to speed agreement over legislation that would make EU institutions an arbiter over sea safety issues.The parliament's transport committee is seeking to ensure that both the proposals for a system of checking the training of non-EU seafarers and on the phasing out of single hull tankers are agreed at a first reading, via consensus struck with the EU Council of ...
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