Analysing European Union maritime transport policy

European Union feels the social, economical, political and geo-strategic effects in its nature strongly because of its geographical habit, which looks like a semi-island that is surrounded by water.European Union continuous its structural development in maritime transportation and trading rapidly by taking the changing and improving economical and social conditions into the account. On the other hand, the new regulations with high technology have been required in maritime security and safety as a result of today?s global threatening.The countries in European Union and European Union Commission concern about being dependent on third parties in transporting European Union?s foreign trading goods unless the states support their own transporting firms. Therefore, the states? aids to maritime sector have been admitted by European Union officially.The maritime transportation holds more than 90% of the foreign trading transaction and about 43% of domestic trading transaction in European Union. Therefore, the maritime transportation plays an important role in European Union economy so that its continuity and safety really vital for European Union (EU). EU has been trying to create a common platform to inspect all ships that are traveling at inland water due the regulations of International Maritime Organization (IMO). Erica-I and Erica-II are two of the major proposals that the commission has been released on maritime transportation safety so far. The union has been spending effort to strengthen its position in international platforms for the benefit of Europe by reconstructing the regulations on maritime and its maritime policy due to the conventional of IMO.Using the general analyses mentioned above about European Union, my thesis targets to inform people not only about maritime policy of European Union and its revolution over the time, but also about the maritime transportation in European Union and its evolutional development and regulations that have been influencing other countries in Europen Union historically. I strongly believe that my academic thesis work will be a key resource to lighten those who want to comprehend the policy of maritime transportation in European Union from both technical and political perspectives.