Shipping Directly Employs Over 640,000 at Sea
is high time to have a jobs and growth strategy that recognizes the strategic importance of Europe’s maritime know-how,” said Martin Dorsman, ECSA Secretary General.ECSA is launching its ambitious Maritime Growth plan at an event attended by Member States, the European Commission, the European Parliament and its social partners.The Maritime transport sector is vital to the lives of Europeans and is of great strategic importance to the European economy. EU shipping is a solid contributor to the European agenda of jobs and growth, and one of its major strategic asset.“Through this plan
EU to Legislate on Maritime Working Conditions
In the future, seafarers would be subject to the rules set out in the Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions if it were up to the European Parliament.According to Danish Shipping, a trade and employer organisation for more than 90 shipowners and offshore companies, this means that additional financial and administrative burdens are to be expected for the maritime industry which is already heavily regulated and protected by international conventions.Since the European Commission presented its proposal for a directive on "Transparent and predictable working conditions in the
