Brussels, 30/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Parliament approved, in first reading, the three Directive on the strengthening of maritime safety in Europe, said "maritime package" or "Erika package", as well as the report by McKenna integrating the result of the conciliation procedure on marine pollution. By adopting the Hatzidakis report on the elimination of single hull ships, the Parliament is in agreement with the timetable defined by the Council on 2 October. On the...