01/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - Further to the collision between two cargo ships in the English Channel on 31 January (a bulk carrier and a cargo ship transporting chemical products), European Commission has called on the Council of the EU to start discussions on its third maritime package, ERIKA III, which was presented in November 2005, without delay. "I call on the Member States to start discussions on the proposals of the Commission to step up liability and compensation within the maritime...