Call for EU policy review

摘要

The European Council has asked the Commission to present a mid-term review of the Maritime Transport Policy and shipowners want changes made. 'A review is necessary,' secretary-general of the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) Patrick Verhoeven said. There have been a lot of changes in the industry since the current policy was drafted.' Shipowners have been working hard to get the attention of the legislators. Last year ECSA published a report carried out by Oxford Economics to show the added value of the shipping industry to the EU - €145bn in GDP, €4bn in tax revenue and 2.3m jobs, the report concluded.