SHORT SEA SHIPPING UK
December 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the payment by the British government of Euro 80 million in additional state aid to boost the movement of freight through the Scottish port of Rosyth, in a bid to boost the country's short sea shipping sector.Brussels has formally announced that it will not to raise any objections to the extension of the Britain's Freight Facilities Grant scheme, which will encourage freight forwarders to take heavy lorries off the road by helping them to invest in coastal and short sea shipping freight facilities at the port. ...
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