Tag: Mediterranean Sea

Skuld P&I advises on Mediterranean Refugees

The UN refugee agency on Tuesday said it was deeply saddened at a rising death toll from boat accidents in the Mediterranean Sea this year as increasing numbers of asylum-seekers and refugees make the journey on unseaworthy boats, often at the hands of ruthless smugglers.

The first nine-month quarter of the 36-month-long SAFEMED III project to protect Mediterranean waters against the risk of accidents at sea and marine pollution is now over.

On March 25, the containership NYK Orion rescued five rowers from a boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea

Some 10 million tons of litter end up in the world's oceans and seas each year, with significant impacts for human health, the environment and the economy. Most of the problem originates with land-based activities, although low levels of government investment are also a factor.

Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in the transport sector

New EU study finds an opportunity for Blue Growth A new study presented by the European Commission finds that the establishment of maritime zones, including Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), in the Mediterranean would benefit the EU's Blue Growth and wider sustainability agendas. The study looks at the costs and benefits of establishing maritime zones in the Mediterranean and provides an analysis of the impacts of establishing EEZs on different sea-based activities. EEZs could allow for a more effective spatial planning policy, which in turn could help attract investments and further economic activities.Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries stated: "There are huge untapped opportunities in the Mediterranean Sea, which could come to fruition by establishing Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs). The proclamation and establishment of maritime zones remains the sovereign right of each coastal State. It is our joint EU responsibility to ensure that the right conditions are in place for the blue economy to flourish. Mediterranean coastal states could agree on their maritime zones on the basis of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)."The study focuses on the opportunities which EEZs and other similar zones would bring in terms economic costs and benefits, ...

REMPEC organises operation for illicit ship pollution in Mediterranean

EMSA s discussions on 2014 Work Programme

EU border agency keen to expand Mediterranean Sea surveillance