ECSA chairman: EU shortsea policy has failed
The EU's protracted efforts to increase the market share of shipping in the transport between European ports - shortsea shipping - have been far from successful in spite of various initiatives from Brussels. Shipping's market share has not just stagnated, it has downright declined in recent years compared to other modes of transport, such as trucks and railroad. Meanwhile, the carriers face numerous legal as well as administrative requirements which will worsen the competitiveness of shipping, warns the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA), which is currently chaired by DFDS CEO Niels Smedegaard.
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