Transcript DG TREN - Danish Maritime Authority

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The EU's Maritime Transport
Strategy until 2018
DG MOVE/C - Maritime Transport
Fotis KARAMITSOS, Director
10/06/2010
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Maritime transport in the EU
A brief review of the last 10 years
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A comprehensive and harmonised set
of policies for Europe
Europe 2020
The next White Paper
for Transport
The Maritime Transport
Strategy 2018
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The EU’s maritime transport strategy
until 2018 (MTS 2018)
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How to ensure long-term viability for
European shipping while taking into account
its cyclical nature?
What is the « winning strategy » for securing
both:
» the efficiency of the EU Maritime Transport
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System and
the competitiveness of the European
shipping industries ?
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MTS 2018: Six main lines of action:
1. European shipping in the global markets
2. Human resources: taking care of sea professionals
3. Promoting quality shipping
4. Working together in the international scene
5. Deploy full potential of short sea shipping
6. Research & innovation
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European shipping in the global
markets
- Achieving a fair Level Playing Field all over the
world (vital in a crisis situation!!)
- Attractive framework for shipping and good
operators in Europe
Envisaged actions:
- competitive State Aid Guidelines;
- support liberalisation of trade in maritime (WTO +
bilateral agreements);
- promotion of alignment of competition rules
globally;
- dialogue with main shipping / trading partners, etc
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Human Resources: taking care of sea
professionals
- Improve working conditions, training and
qualifications of EU seafarers and worldwide
- Implementation by means of a comprehensive
“Social Agenda”
Envisaged actions:
- Rapid ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention
- “Best effort” to support STCW review
- Use of e-maritime (e-health, e-learning, social networks, etc) to
support quality of life on board;
-Social Agenda: promotion of maritime employment, higher
profile for shipping professionals, life-long career paths, working
and living conditions at sea
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Promoting Quality Shipping
- Increase and promote the quality performance
of maritime transport (safe, secure, clean,
efficient) all over the world
Envisaged actions:
- “Quality shipping campaign” rewarding greener
shipping efforts by Administrations, shippers and
ports
- smooth implementation of the 3rd Maritime Safety
package;
- Improved surveillance tools and joint resilience
plans to counter piracy and other security threats
- reinforce EMSA capacities to provide technical
assistance and support
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Working together in the international
scene
- Enhance EU recognition and visibility at IMO
- Work with international partners to reinforce
international order
Envisaged actions:
- enhance EU status within the IMO
- enhance the EU role as initiator for the adoption of
international rules and standards
- promotion of actions at international level for
ensuring rapid ratification of IMO instruments,
- appropriate follow up of the IMO recommendations
- reinforced cooperation with all other “Quality
minded nations in the world”
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Deploy full potential of short sea
shipping
- Maritime Transport Space without barriers:
“cutting red tape” in EU ports
- Continue efforts for deployment intra-EU
maritime transport logistics
Envisaged actions:
- maritime transport space without barriers;
- simplification of customs, sanitary requirements;
- fair & transparent access to ports’ services;
- full deployment of Motorways of the Sea;
- securing funding for maritime “TEN-T” projects
- actions in support of greening of transport, etc…
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Research & Innovation
- Safer and efficient ships, clean propulsion
engines
- « E-maritime »: ICT simplifying administrative
requirements and improving passengers’
services and crew quality of life at sea
Envisaged actions:
- promotion of e-maritime services;
- support of innovation and new technological
designs for ships and marine equipment;
- RTD efforts on energy efficiency at sea
- protection of European know-how (IP rights);
- combined transport & advanced logistics, etc...
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MTS2018: The way ahead
Development of a “Roadmap” for
implementation of the strategy; defining
priority actions and timing
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