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The ports of Amburgo, Antwerp and Rotterdam make lobby in order to convince the EU to invest in their connections with the hinterland
Meier, Bruyninckx and Smits: 21,7 billion euros would have to be used for projects of "Core Network" of the nets TRY
March 9, 2012
The nordeuropei ports of Amburgo, Antwerp and Rotterdam have jointly expressed their support to politics EU that aimed at the development of the European intermodal Network, but in particular of the railway corridors and fluvial that converge on the three ports. In an encounter with parliamentarians European, happened last week, the managing directors of the German harbour authorities, Jens Meier, Belgian, Eddy Bruyninckx, and Dutch, Hans Smits, have evidenced the necessity that the deep ones that the EU commission will make available will not have to be distributed "politically" between the 27 Member States of the EU, but will have to be invested in the areas where the greater volumes of goods are concentrated, that is in the corridors that connect the ports with the hinterland.
Meier, Bruyninckx and Smits have manifested satisfaction for the increase of the deep ones on hand previewed from the proposal "Connecting Europe Facility" of the EU commission, but they have emphasized that the budget of 21,7 billion euros would have to be explicitly used for projects that take part of "Core Network" of the transeuropee nets TRY that they have a proven creation of added value for the European community and regarding which would have to be estimated the distribution of the flows of traffic of the goods.
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The nordeuropei ports of Amburgo, Antwerp and Rotterdam have jointly expressed their support to politics EU that aimed at the development of the European intermodal Network, but in particular of the railway corridors and fluvial that converge on the three ports. In an encounter with parliamentarians European, happened last week, the managing directors of the German harbour authorities, Jens Meier, Belgian, Eddy Bruyninckx, and Dutch, Hans Smits, have evidenced the necessity that the deep ones that the EU commission will make available will not have to be distributed "politically" between the 27 Member States of the EU, but will have to be invested in the areas where the greater volumes of goods are concentrated, that is in the corridors that connect the ports with the hinterland.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
