The European Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) annual report on the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), particularly concerning the progress towards achieving sustainable fisheries, showed that the stock status has significantly improved in the North-East Atlantic with an overall downward trend in the fishing pressure over the period 2003-2017.
On March 25, 2019, off Sicily, a group of irregular migrants (IM), who are believed to have started their sea journey in North Africa, were rescued from their sinking craft by the Turkish-registered bunkering tanker El Hiblu.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Emanuel Macron recently announced agreement to pursue far-reaching Franco-German defence co-operation.
Despite accounting for a mere 0.12 per cent of the UK’s overall economic output, fisheries is one of the most contentious issues in the Brexit jumble. Highly politicised, negotiations on the future fisheries regime could tarnish the overall outcome of British departure from the EU.
France’s last-minute compromise with Germany on a proposal to bring the Nord Stream 2 project fully under EU energy regulations – potentially fatal to the project – will likely ensure that the controversial project will be completed.
Italian shipbuilder Vittoria has signed a contract with Greece’s Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy for the construction and delivery of three new patrol vessels for the Hellenic Coast Guard.
Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors and Dredging International, a DEME Group subsidiary, have been awarded a major contract for the modernisation of the Świnoujście–Szczecin fairway in Poland.
The trade war is a speeding train, accelerating with every trade-restrictive retaliatory measure imposed and becoming ever more difficult to stop.
The recently published proposal for a new Directive on Port Reception Facilities has been welcomed by the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA). ECSA said the new proposal would help in ensuring there are adequate port reception facilities available, require an advance waste notification from ships as well as a waste delivery receipt for reception facilities, and facilitate monitoring and enforcement through existing systems for electronic reporting and the exchange of information.
The European Union is funding a Cyprus-led real-time tracking project to support a safe and efficient evacuation from cruise ships and ferries to prevent loss of life.