Brussels, 22/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The representatives from European ports hope that the future proposals from the European Commission on port services will be "realistic". The Commission should present, in January and February, a Directive on transparency in the markets for port services that apply to all to ports recording a traffic of 3 million tonnes or more, and would impose among others: 1) calls for tenders for the allocation of port services markets (towing, port piloting,...