On Tuesday 30 May, the Commission announced that it was authorising an Italian aid scheme worth €125 million to promote transport by sea.
The aim of the aid scheme is to encourage a shift in freight transport from road to a mode combining short sea shipping and road.
It is open to road hauliers transporting their goods by sea on eligible routes between an Italian port and another port in the European Economic Area.
The aid will partly cover the higher costs of sea transport journeys...