DE PALACIO – ALGERIA
February 1st, 2003
Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Commission and the Algerian government are to cooperate to ensure that sub-standard shipping does not ply the seaways of the Mediterranean, notably through the phasing out of old single hull tankers.European Union (EU) transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio and Algeria's transport minister Abdelmalek Sellal agreed at a meeting in Algiers that a joint group of experts should draw up a cooperation programme on improving maritime safety. The north African minister said: "Following the example of international systems for air traffic ...
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