Activities of Georgios KOUMOUTSAKOS related to 2009/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 (debate)
Strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 PDF (194 KB) DOC (106 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas attracting young people to maritime careers and keeping them in the profession is an absolute necessity, and the level of training for maritime professionals in Europe needs to be improved through the impending revision of the STCW Convention,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on EU Member States therefore to encourage the use of their flag, for example by providing fiscal facilities such as a tonnage tax and reduced taxation of seafarfor ships and fiscal facilities for seafarers and ship owners;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the guidelines on State aid to shipping (which expire in 2011) must be retained and extended, since they have contributed substantially towards maintaining the international competitiveness of European shipping, towards its ability to successfully overcome the often unfair competition from third countries, and towards maintaining its leading position worldwide, and have therefore helped to support the economies of Member States;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on Member States, within the scope of international conventions such as the STCW Convention and the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, to improve and modernise the existing training programmes with a view to further qualitative development of maritime colleges; at the same time, considers that setting a required minimum number of crew members for each category of ship (e.g. dry cargo carriers, tankers, LNG carriers, etc.), in conjunction with an improvement in working and living conditions on board, could contribute substantially towards reducing the problems and risks associated with fatigue;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on Member States to ratify the 2006 ILO Maritime Labour Convention;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that seafarers from third countries must comply with satisfactory training requirements in accordance with the STCW Convention and calls on ship owners and national inspectorates to guarantee and enforce this, where necessary assisted by EMSA;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States also to work on alternativeexamine the rational viability, for shipping, of other instruments such as the introduction of a levy on bunker fuel, preferably geared to the quality and environmental performance of the fuel, or the concept of '‘green ports'’, where clean vessels are dealt with more quickly and/or pay reduced harbour dues; recalls, however, the decision of the European Court of Justice in case C- 18/09 concerning provisions on rebates and exemptions relating to harbour dues for ships contravening Regulation (EEC) No 4055/86 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport between Member States and between Member States and third countries;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Is aware of the danger of piracy on the high seas and calls on all ship owners to cooperate with government initiatives such as Atalanta which can protect them against piracy; is also aware of the need for full and correct implementation by ships of the self-protection measures adopted by shipping organisations, through the Best Management Practices approved by the IMO;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Underlines the need for coherent and coordinated action by the EU to combat the proliferation of acts of piracy against merchant ships in Africa and South-East Asia, using the possibilities afforded by the EU’s external action and in particular by the Common Foreign and Security Policy, including development aid and the strengthening of cooperation with the UN, with the strategic aim of improving the political, economic and social conditions in countries which are sources of international piracy;