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Brussels ‘determined’ to

work with the IMO

T
he European Commission used the oficial

London International Shipping Week 2015

Conference to outline its determination to

work within the IMO to achieve a level playing ield

in maritime transport by deining and implementing

internationally-agreed and evidence-based rules and

standards for competitive, safe, secure, eficient and

environmentally friendly shipping.

In an address to delegates, Fotis Karamtisos, Acting

Deputy Director General, Directorate General for

Mobility and Transport (DG Move), said the focus

now “is on the effective implementation, operation

and cooperation of all involved. We are all aiming at

a continuous improvement in a common strive for

quality shipping and for ‘safe, secure and eficient

shipping’. So, when it comes to safety, security and the

environment, we are all in the same boat!”

He added: “Let me give you one example that is

high on the agenda; why the IMO is the one forum

where everyone should work together for the

interests of the sector itself.

“If we failed to agree on measures to regulate CO
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emissions in shipping, regional go-alones would have a

distorting effect on international shipping markets. It

would also undercut and undermine the efforts being

made by the entire global shipping industry to achieve

meaningful cuts in COemissions,” he added.
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