The port directors Eddy Bruyninckx (Antwerp), Jens Meier (Hamburg) and Hans Smits (Rotterdam) expressed their support in the European Parliament for the further development of a European intermodal transport network. Particularly rail and inland navigation corridors, of which the three ports are the entry as well as the end points of important corridors, are essential for European transport in the future. The attending Euro MEPs stressed the vital role of ports in this. The three ports believe that the funds which the European Commission will make available should not merely be distributed “politically” among the 27 EU member states. The European funds should be invested in the areas where the largest volumes of freight are concentrated, which means the corridors from the seaports into the hinterland.
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