Luxembourg, 17/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - Monday's Transport Council reached a political agreement on the opening of port services to competition. Sweden voted against. The directive will make it compulsory for port authorities to make calls for tenders for the attribution of authorisations to exercise port services (piloting, tugging, mooring, handling). The agreement is "as important as that obtained on the rail package", said Gilles Gantelet, spokesman for Transport Commissioner Loyola de...