Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio has called for planned legislation aimed at preventing tanker disasters to be rushed through after the Italian ship Ievoli Sun sank off the French coast while carrying 6,000 tonnes of toxic chemicals last week.

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Series Details 09/11/00, Volume 6, Number 41
Publication Date 09/11/2000
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Date: 09/11/00

De Palacio says the legislation, which would see single-hull tankers phased out, should be pushed through the Union's decision-making process as quickly as possible.

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