MARCO POLO RENEWAL EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
May 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL FORMAL approval has been secured at the European Parliament for renewing the European Union's (EU) Marco Polo freight transport investment programme, with a Euro 400 million budget being set for 2007-13. Local authorities with interests in ports are well placed to secure funds, with a priority being short sea shipping routes, to make maritime transport more attractive, cutting road journeys. A parliament note said the programme's "proper use...should mean that traffic flows that normally go over land can be strategically diverted and brought ...
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