Safety of passenger ships – Costa Concordia accident and Commission review of safety legislation

Vice-President Siim Kallas, European Commissioner for Transport has asked that the currently ongoing review of EU passenger ship safety legislation take fully into account any lessons to be learnt from the Costa Concordia tragedy.

The review will prioritise, in particular, the issues of: design and stability of passenger ships, technological developments in the sector, crew training and safe operation, including emergency evacuation procedures. Vice-President Kallas will outline the Commission's position to the European Parliament's Transport Committee on 24 January 2012.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Speech/12/31: Siim Kallas: Costa Concordia: Statement on EU passenger ship safety review http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/31&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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