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We are once again going to condemn the sinking of a waste boat that is 26 years old, was last inspected in 1999, belonged to a Liberian company, was flying a flag of the Bahamas, was operated by a Greek company, chartered by the Swiss subsidiary (Crown) of a Russian conglomerate (Alfa Group) that obtained a navigation certificate from the American navigation office ...
We have had enough of the opaqueness, impunity and complacency in maritime transport, which present a danger to sailors, the environment and coastal populations. We have had enough of the impotence of the European Union, which, on the orders of the United States, is capable of establishing anti-terrorist legislation that is an attack on freedom within a few weeks, but is incapable of applying the resolutions in the Erika I and Erika II packages. We urgently need an international maritime law that can break with the complacency that can force shipowners, charterers and oil companies to take on a security attitude and high social standards for those working in maritime transport. In short, we need the human (inspectors, checkers, coastguards), material and financial resources to apply the law. Without these minimal measures, Parliament will continue to adopt ineffective resolutions every time there is an oil slick."@en1
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