Translation of "Maritimen sicherheit" in English

Maritime security is also of increasing importance.

Signatory to all international maritime conventions on safety and pollution prevention.

I believe that the Lübeck Declaration on Maritime Security is also of key importance.

Millions of critical decisions are taken daily for maritime safety.

The purpose of this strategy is to facilitate a cross-sectoral approach to maritime security.

Improving EU maritime security cooperation is an enormous, yet vitally important undertaking.

Maritime security research and development should be expanded in cooperation with the JRC.

These examples demonstrate the value of cooperate action in the field of maritime security.

In doing so, the Institute addresses important national and international challenges within maritime security.

The Seveso II Directive, the directive on environmental liability and the third maritime safety package all come to mind here.

On the questions raised by Mr Watts, Mr Sindal, Mr Stockmann and Mr Harrison, so far as further developments on maritime safety are concerned, although this is not an exhaustive list, they will include a draft directive on the licensing of passenger ferries that we will be producing in October and after that I will be coming forward with a proposal for amendment to the port state control directive in order to give legal effect to the International Maritime Organization International Safety Management Code.

A maritime safety culture must be created, the logistics for this process must be set up, a technical and technological basis must be provided for the system, a system must be created for distributing information efficiently while protecting part of this information which ensures the safety of traffic.

Members of the House will want to examine this proposal in detail but they will already recognize that in broad principle the further development of the effective implementation of port state control will be a welcome addition to efforts to raise continually the standards of maritime safety and the protection of cruise passengers and the environment.

My group is in favour, as are all the others I suppose, of this issue - which is already included in relation to maritime safety in the relevant committee of Parliament - being examined with the greatest possible urgency.

That is why we have to address issues of maritime safety more generally and in the constructive way suggested in this motion.

It is significant that the Commission, through the Commissioner, Mrs Wallström, has this morning confirmed its priority commitment to a modern maritime safety policy, and the declaration made by the Council is also important, but this declaration is binding in respect of the effort that must be made to bring this matter to a definitive close by the end of December.

It is a text that tries to be all things to all people and rambles on at length about trivia, but only gives a small amount of wording to the important issue of maritime safety.

At the same time, increasing military spending, challenges to maritime security, non-traditional threats ranging from piracy to terrorism, and the destruction wrought by natural disasters are making the region’s security environment more complex.

But the E3 has an important role to play in other areas, too, including the conflicts in Syria and Yemen, the ongoing Israel-Palestine dispute, instability in North Africa, and maritime security in the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, and the South China Sea.

In addition, in the Area of Operation, and within its means and capabilities, EUNAVFOR MED operation SOPHIA shall conduct surveillance activities and gather information on illegal trafficking, including information on crude oil and other illegal exports that are contrary to UNSCR 2146 (2014) and UNSCR 2362 (2017), thereby contributing to situational awareness and to maritime security in the Central Mediterranean.

Building on existing EU development cooperation, the Commission and the High Representative will engage in maritime security capacity?building with other countries and regional organisations – notably in the Gulf of Guinea and in the Indian Ocean.

By 2018, the Commission will, in cooperation with the High Representative, EDA and Member States, develop specific actions to support a co-ordinated civil military maritime security research agenda and interoperable maritime surveillance capabilities.

As the internal and external dimensions of maritime security are increasingly interlinked, a shared unity of purpose and effort by all involved is necessary to achieve coherence between sector-specific and national policies and to enable civil and military authorities to react effectively together.

However, the cost to consumers of the multifaceted threats to maritime security has yet to be estimated.

Ms Bredima stressed the importance of maritime security, since the EU had the largest maritime territory in the world, and 23 out of 28 EU member states were coastal states.

In doing so, they will promote synergies between EU policies and strategies which can support improved ocean governance, for example, by enhancing maritime security and favouring sustainable development.

This should stimulate the discussion on how to foster sectoral cooperation and improve the EU contribution to global maritime security.