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"en.20030604.3.3-132"2
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I share the rapporteur’s concern to improve the fleet of ships carrying dangerous cargoes. According to the Commission’s own figures, more than 4 000 ships are classed as hazardous. We must oblige shipowners to withdraw these floating dustbins as a matter of urgency, and compel them to adhere to stricter technical and social codes of practice.
Nevertheless, in the light of the recent
and
disasters, I think that the European Union is still shrinking back too much from the unavoidable battle for maritime safety. The proposed waiting times are still unsatisfactory: the seaworthy age limit for
type (category one) oil tankers has been fixed at 23 years from 2005; for category two and three ships (mostly built between 1982 and 1986), the age limit is 28 years from 2010. Even with these provisions, the risk of disaster is still with us. It would have been better if all dangerous ships had been prevented from putting to sea, and shipyard production shifted by public policy towards the construction and development of safe, modern ships. The European Union should have been given new tools in its struggle against the laxity of the system. Above all, the Member States should make genuine commitments to implementing existing legislation. This is the minimum required to stop all the restrictions from sounding like a wish list."@en1
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