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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8478

7 June 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Council defines ways to create maritime careers

Luxembourg, 06/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Council adopted conclusions defining ways to promote maritime transport and to attract young people to maritime professions. The number of Community seafarers employed on board ships registered under Community flags has fallen by 40% since 1985. Today, there are 120,000, with seafarers from third countries increasing from 29,000 in 1983 to 34,500 in 2001, the Commission notes in a communication of April 2001. "Young Europeans...

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