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Passenger rights: Europeans better protected when travelling by water
Source European Commission Published 19.12.2012Brussels, 18 December 2012. By the end of the year new EU rules to better care for passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway will be protected by a set of minimum rights anywhere within t...
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Maritime safety: minimum level of training of seafarers
Source European Parliament Published 23.10.2012On 23rd October the European Parliament (EP) adopted the report (619 for, 16 against, 16 abstentions), drafted by Brian Simpson, on behalf of Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN), at the Plenary ...
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More power for EU Maritime Safety Agency to combat offshore pollution and piracy
Source European Parliament Published 13.04.2012The European Agency for Maritime Safety (EMSA) would get new powers to step up cooperation against piracy, prevent maritime pollution, improve training for seafarers and help establish an EU maritime ...
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EUROSUR: Providing authorities with tools needed to reinforce management of external borders and fight cross-border crime
Source European Commission Published 13.12.2011What is the aim of EUROSUR? The European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) will reinforce the management of the Schengen external border by strengthening the information exchange and cooperation b...
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Commission requests nine Member States to comply with EU vessel traffic monitoring and information system regime
Source European Commission Published 17.06.2011Brussels, 16 June 2011. The European Commission has requested Belgium, Estonia, France, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Finland and the United Kingdom to adopt national legislation to implement...
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Transport Council: Ministers consider railway recast, EMSA and Transport White Paper
Source European Commission Published 17.06.2011Luxembourg, 15 June 2011. European Ministers will consider during a Transport Council in Luxembourg on 16 June key proposals from the Commission, including a Directive to foster a single European rai...
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"Challenges for Maritime Transport" by Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the European Commission)
Source European Commission Published 19.05.2011Siim Kallas Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for mobility and transport. Challenges for maritime transport. European Maritime Day, Gdansk 19 May 2011
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Maritime safety: Commission requests seven Member States to comply with new EU port state control regime
Source European Commission Published 19.05.2011IP/11/589 Brussels, 19 May 2011 The European Commission has today asked Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom to adopt national legislation to implement the new p...
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EU NAVFOR / EMSA collaboration results in significantly increased ability to track merchant vessels in fight against piracy
Source EU NAVFOR Published 06.05.2011EU Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) in conjunction with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) have collaborated to develop an integrated maritime monitoring service (MARSURV) to allow EUNAVFOR to track mer...
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Maritime safety: Commission proposes updated mandate of EMSA
Published 28.10.2010EMSA would like to inform that early this afternoon, the European Commission announced a proposal for an updated mandate of the European Maritime Safety Agency. The Commission’s press release is avai...
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