Ditch paper reliance to further short sea shipping

“In many states it is still the requirement to present papers signed in triplicate to authorities – some countries like Italy have adopted unofficial systems but these are just shortcuts to presenting the papers in their original format a few days later,” he said at short sea shipping promotion consortium meeting.

For its part, the EU transport and energy directorate has confirmed that it is working on a number of initiatives to bring to an end the paper management trail.