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European dredging companies are amongst the leading companies in global dredging. They are involved in numerous important infrastructure projects within the countries of the European Union and world-wide.
The European dredging industry is competent and capital-intensive, environmentally conscious and export oriented.

RECIPROCITY
EuDA promotes the concept of reciprocity in market access conditions; its members should have free access to markets for dredging services around the world.

FAIR COMPETITION
EuDA supports fair and equitable implementation of the European rules and pleads for competitive, but fair, market conditions.

TENS, TRANS-EUROPEAN WATERWAYS NETWORK
EuDA promotes inclusion of sea transport routes and inland waterways into the network. This will bring the need for improvements in the infrastructure of ports and navigable waterways.

TRAINING AND EDUCATION
EuDA underlines the acute shortage in European seafarers. It points out the need to train more seafarers in developing dredging. Recrutement of European seafarer could be focused on future Member-State countries with maritime traditions.

CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
The dredging sector has developed methods to clean-up polluted waterbottoms in waterways and ports, to use dredged material beneficially, to place contaminated soil and sediment isolated from the environment.

WETLANDS
EuDA is highly interested by a variety of Regulations that affect the protection, development, restoration or use of coastal habitats or Wetlands.

SOCIAL
EuDA is in favour of the harmonisation of working conditions on board of ships and of the establishment of minimum standards.
EuDA favours the process of setting common quality standards to be respected by dredging contractors.

INNOVATION
EuDA proposes common research proposals for the dredging sector within the EU-R&D Framework Programme. This promotes international cooperation and dissemination of expert knowledge on a specific and little known technology.
Innovation enhances the competitiveness of the European dredging industry in the world.