If we can make this their port of refuge, then that's for us.

The Erika searched for a port of refuge and could not find one.

Let us make it very clear that a port of refuge is not just any port.

I would like to point out, ladies and gentlemen, that this includes, for example, ports of refuge, which have until February 2004.

What point have we reached in preparing the European map of ports of refuge?

During the 18th and 19th century Charlotte Harbor was the home port of refuge for several pirates.

The Commissioner herself referred to ports of refuge.

Would it impose the designation of ports of refuge?

The management of ports of refuge, unless they are declared of regional interest.

The directive will also require Member States to determine ports of refuge for ships in distress.

As far as I know, the Viking was not denied access to a port of refuge.

Lastly, the concept of a 'port of refuge' will only become a reality if effective facilities exist for these ports.

The charge sheet reads: lack of a decent system of European ports of refuge.

I would like to refer back to Mr Sterckx, who wrote the report on ports of refuge.

The resort is set on a cliff overlooking Port of Refuge, a beautiful harbor surrounded by flowering trees.

He was afraid of that terrible westerly current which had cheated him out of so many ports of refuge.

New Orleans was a port of refuge for a great many of the French who fled the island during the slave uprising.

Regarding ports of refuge, for example, the Member States must draw up plans for accommodating ships in distress.

The question of ports of refuge, maintenance of ships, all these questions need to be examined overall, globally, if we want results.

Ladies and gentlemen, do not confuse a port of refuge with just any port, they are different things and this is a very complex issue.

Staff training, agreement and coordination between Member States and the availability of ports of refuge play a huge part.

On his homeward journey, the sea captain Daland is compelled by stormy weather to seek a port of refuge.

Fifthly, ports of refuge.

By no means all Member States appreciate the need to designate ports of refuge and create rescue, assistance and cleaning facilities in them.

In case the bad weather should oblige him to seek a port of refuge, what should he do, because that coast was to him absolutely unknown?