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Despite efficiency improvements, CO2 emissions from international shipping are projected to be six times higher in 2050 than in 1990. At the Paris climate conference, countries agreed to limit climate change to well below 2°C. Without considerable contributions of the shipping sector to global mitigation efforts this goal will be much harder to achieve. In 2011, the IMO adopted two efficiency measures to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) sets compulsory ...

This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment (IA) accompanying the proposal for a Directive for the inclusion of seafaring workers in the EU labour law Directives, submitted on 18 November 2013. It analyses whether the principal criteria laid down in the Commission’s own Impact Assessment Guidelines, as well as additional factors identified by the Parliament in its Impact Assessment Handbook, appear to be met by the ...

L’environnement de marché pour le commerce maritime a considérablement changé ces 15 dernières années. La mondialisation, l’off-shoring et la croissance sans précédent de la conteneurisation ont entraîné des changements dans le transport maritime et la chaîne logistique. Cette étude a pour objet la description de l’impact de ces développements sur les ports maritimes et la formulation de recommandations à l’intention du Parlement européen.