Speech: The Sea of Europe: Routing the map for economic growth

Text of a speech by Siim Kallas, vice President of the European Commission, on 17 February 2014.

The commissioner was talking about building a network that would shape Europe’s transport system for the next 10 to 20 years. This would create a top-quality shipping sector that could compete internationally, based on world-class safety records with high social and environmental standards. It would have to be properly linked with other forms of transport – like road and rail - within a truly European network. This speech stressed how ports would be vital for the single European transport area.