26/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - Marco Polo receives almost €60 million in funding for this year. In 2011, €56.87 million in European funding will go to the Marco Polo programme. This programme aims to free Europe's roads of an annual volume of 20 billion tonnes of freight per kilometre. Priority will be given to environmentally-friendly projects in the maritime sector, inland waterways and railways. A call for proposals able to be financed through these funds is open until 16 January 2012....