EU committee wants to tighten fines for ships' ocean pollution

The EU Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee wants to tighten the rules on ship pollution in EU waters, and ship owners must be held accountable.
With the proposed EU bill, ship owners could ultimately be held liable for discharges of sewage or garbage. | Photo: Marcos Moreno/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
With the proposed EU bill, ship owners could ultimately be held liable for discharges of sewage or garbage. | Photo: Marcos Moreno/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

If the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee has its way, stricter rules are needed to prevent ships from discharging polluting liquids into European waters.

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