Brussels, 19/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Union now has new rules to help it put an end to the beaching and unregulated scrapping of its old boats in developing countries and guarantee that the materials on board are duly listed and are treated appropriately throughout the world.
The Council of the EU formally adopted the amended regulation guaranteeing that, in the future, the scrapping of old European flagged boats exclusively takes place in facilities that are safe for workers...