03/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is to finance the constitution of a first "virtual institute" for research in the maritime sector. This new kind of European support to research aims to promote cooperation at a distance between research centres and industrial partners and foster the development of applications to the benefit of industry. EUR 2.8 million will be devoted to the financing of a network within EVIMAR (European Virtual Maritime Institute) of 17 partners from 11...