Brussels, 16/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - A new social partner agreement on working time on passenger or freight transport ships in inland waterways was signed on Wednesday 15 February. The agreement lays down specific rules for crew members and shipboard personnel, and, if endorsed, will take this sector, described by Employment Social Affairs and Inclusion Commissioner Laszlo Andor as “one of the key modes of transport in the EU in economic terms”, outside the working time directive...