FINALLY A COORDINATOR FOR MOTORWAYS OF THE SEA!

 

1/ Mr Oliveira, you have been nominated the coordinator for Motorways of the sea. What will be your tasks?
The main task will be to contribute to redirecting freight traffic from the road to the sea, which is currently congesting many European motorways and roads. The latter is not only more “environmentally friendly” but also has a broad capacity, which is mostly limited only by the size of the ports and management efficacy. The focal points of action will be the boards of administration of the ports themselves, as well as road and shipping companies. It’s the cargo that has to occupy the central position of the means of transport; there must be a continuous guarantee for transport at suitable prices and whose attributes are as close as possible to the door-to-door connection. The road freight company must be aware of the advantages of introducing a “sea arch” to their route without reducing the quality of road transport. It is really a question of solving a complex logistics problem which, therefore, must be attacked from several different fronts....

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JEAN TRESTOUR: THE CPMR IS A COMMITTED ALLY IN TRANSPORT POLICY

Jean Trestour is head of the maritime transport policy unit at the European Commission’s Transport Directorate General, dealing with the internal market, ports, short-sea shipping, and inland waterways. One of the most knowledgeable experts on European maritime transport policy, Mr Trestour has always followed our activities with close attention, and been open to our proposals.

EM: Do you think that the Regions can encourage maritime transport in Europe, and if so, how?

JT: I think they certainly can. The Regions, especially the maritime and peripheral Regions, are almost by definition interested in maritime transport, for four reasons: their closeness to the sea, the growth in world container transport, interregional trade, and developments in the fisheries sector all offer obvious opportunities for geographical, technical, economic, and social development. How can the regions encourage maritime transport?...

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CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CPMR

Pierre SCHELLEKENS, Deputy Head of Cabinet of the Commissioner Stavros Dimas has been interviewed on Climate Change during the General Assembly of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CRPM/CPMR) held in Florence (IT) on 18-19 October 2007.

 

 

 

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THE CPMR THANKS THE TUSCANY REGION FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Agriculture, climate change, the EU Budget, economic and social cohesion, as well as maritime policy and globalisation were the main themes of the 35th General Assembly of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) which was held on 18 and 19 October 2007 in Florence.

Among the participants were the Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Mr Joe Borg, who presented the Blue Paper on the sea which was published on 10 October 2007 to the 156 Member Regions of the CPMR, and the Portuguese State Secretary for Defence and Maritime Affairs, Mr João Mira Gomes, who invited the CPMR to Lisbon on 22 October to participate in the European Ministerial Conference on Maritime Policy for the European Union, which is being organised by the six-month Portuguese Presidency...

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