Amsterdam, 12/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Netherlands hopes to promote short sea shipping during their six months' Presidency, in order to continue the work started in Gijon in 2002 by the Spanish Presidency. In its conclusions adopted at the end of the informal transport meeting, the Dutch Presidency stressed the need to reduce administrative procedures and to set quality criteria for short sea shipping routes. Pointing out that short sea shipping is on the up within the EU, the...