Brussels, 25/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - On 25 June, the European Commission decided to extend the granting of temporary and limited state aids in the shipbuilding sector (so-called temporary defensive mechanism- TDM) to liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGs). The temporary defence mechanism, adopted last October to counterbalance the effects of trade practices judged to be unfair carried out by South Korea, will only apply to containerships and product and chemical tankers. Wednesday's...