The Danish Shipowners' Association has denied accusations that it, along with other lobbyists, lied about factual matters in their opposition of a proposed ship scrapping levy, Ship & Bunker reports.
The European Parliament recently voted down a proposal by Swedish member Carl Schlyter to stop unsafe scrapping practices, which included plans for a scrapping fund that would be paid for through a levy on ships using European ports.
After the plan was defeated, Schlyter filed a complaint accusing ship owners' groups of using false arguments in lobbying against it, but the industry says it used the same data that Schlyter did in calculating the costs of the fund to shipping companies.
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