ICS/ISF welcome EU support for global shipping regulation
Speaking on European Maritime Day yesterday, at a reception in Athens during the annual general meetings of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Shipping Federation (ISF), ICS/ISF chairman/president Spyros M Polemis remarked: "At the risk of tempting fate, relations between the international industry and the European Union institutions seem to have improved, when contrasted with the situation after the losses of the ‘Erika' and the ‘Prestige'." "ICS and ISF have been especially pleased by the message conveyed by the EU Maritime Policy Review ‘Blue Paper', published last autumn, to the effect that the European Commission's preference is to give IMO a chance to develop global regulations to cover international shipping.
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