30/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has approved an aid scheme in France for the short-distance shipping sector. Aimed to complement European support measures, this scheme covers up to 30% of the operating costs of new shipping lines, in their first three years, says the Commission in a press release. It recalls that promotion of shipping is one of the priorities of the White Paper on Transport, that counts on shipping to take traffic off the roads. The subject will be at...