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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7781

19 August 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) shipping
AMRIE calls on Commission to commit itself to fitting black boxes on oil tankers

Brussels, 18/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - In a report drawn up by the Euro-MPs Elisa Damiao (Portuguese Socialist) and Francoise Grossetete (French EPP) for the Alliance of Maritime Regional Interests in Europe (AMRIE), the European Commission is urged to lead the way, within the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), in fitting black boxes on all existing cargo ships and not only, as is being envisaged, on new ships. AMRIE considers that the rapid fitting of data recording systems on all...