15/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - First “Blue Belt” notch in May 2011. The “Blue Belt” idea for short-distance maritime transport in Europe will begin on 1 May, announced Alfons Guinier, the secretary general of the European Shipbuilding Association (ECSA) at a CPMR (Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions) conference on Friday 15 April. Launched a year ago under the Belgian Presidency of the EU, the Blue Belt aims to make it easier to ship goods on shipping routes in Europe and pave...