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The second edition of the Marco Polo project, which has a budget of €450 million financed by the EU for the 2007-2013 period and which aims to promote Short Sea Shipping in Europe, is looking to Valencia for private initiatives that support this type of transport, with minimum requirements in terms of “quality, frequency and volume”.
The project requires inclusion on a map of sea routes, which needs a commitment of three to five years and guarantees of service frequency and a minimum volume of transported cargo with the aim of reducing land-based freight transport.
The project was explained by the coordinator of the Marco Polo program and Director General of Energy and Transport of the European Commission, Cristóbal Millán de la Lastra, the Director of the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation of the European Union, Patrick Lambert, and the President of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), Rafael Aznar, at the Marco Polo Conference held in Valencia.
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12/3/08
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