Brussels, 16/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 13 October, the European Commission authorised the prolongation of a UK aid scheme to encourage the movement of intermodal containers by rail in Great Britain. The aid aims to promote the transfer of traffic flows from road to rail.
Aid will allow support to inter-modal short distance deep-sea container traffic that uses rail to be maintained. The system has been planned for a period of three years starting 1 April 2007 and will replace the two...